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Merkel's Challenger Rules Out Trump-Style Campaign in Germany

EghtesadOnline: Angela Merkel’s Social Democratic challenger said he’ll shun campaign tactics associated with U.S. President Donald Trump and defend a fragile Europe as he won his party’s backing to take on the German chancellor in September elections.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 21:43

Merkel's Challenger Strains to Draw Differences as Polls Sink

EghtesadOnline: Angela Merkel’s main challenger, Social Democrat Martin Schulz , sought to take a tougher line on the German auto industry and said he’d respond more forcefully to U.S. President Donald Trump as his party’s position in the polls continued to slip.
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Publish Date:19/September/2017 | 06:06

Schulz Fails to Break Through as Merkel Stands Firm in TV Debate

EghtesadOnline: Angela Merkel’s election opponent, Martin Schulz , failed to score a decisive breakthrough in their only televised debate as the chancellor stood firm on her record, insisting that controversial decisions on keeping the country’s borders open for refugees and striking a deal with Turkey were right.
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Publish Date:04/September/2017 | 05:45

German Coalition Fatigue Limits Options for Merkel and Schulz

EghtesadOnline: In 2013, when Angela Merkel led her party to its strongest election showing since German reunification, the defeated Social Democrats reluctantly agreed to a “grand coalition” of the two main parties.
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Publish Date:29/August/2017 | 05:45

Schulz Says Merkel Has ‘Unsettled’ Europe

EghtesadOnline: German Social Democratic challenger Martin Schulz returned to his European Union roots in a speech to several thousand supporters in Frankfurt, accusing Angela Merkel of souring relations with EU allies and being unacceptably vague on plans for euro-area integration.
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Publish Date:27/August/2017 | 05:38

Germany's Success Could Scupper Martin Schulz 's Bid for Power

EghtesadOnline: Martin Schulz ’s biggest obstacle to returning Germany’s Social Democrats to power may not be Angela Merkel but a feel-good economy that’s proved more egalitarian than its European peers.
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Publish Date:16/August/2017 | 05:36

Angela Merkel Has Six Weeks to Make History

EghtesadOnline: All that stands between Angela Merkel and a fourth term is six weeks of campaigning. The German chancellor goes into the Sept. 24 election with strong personal approval ratings and a party lead of some 15 percentage points over her main challenger, Martin Schulz .
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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 11:22