On Sept. 12, Germanys party leaders met in the final pre-election debate in the format of a round-table discussion. Merkel attacked the current chancellors economic record, declaring, You have failed in this question. Thats why you are in such a difficult position. ... as a medium-sized power which always tries to solve conflicts peacefully.
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This is not about my prerogatives and absolutely not about me as a person, ... It is about my party's prerogative for political leadership and only the party leaders can decide on that. I will accept any decision. I do not want to stand in the way of a development that allows the continuation of the (economic) reforms I initiated and the formation of a stable government in Germany.
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We Germans know from our own experience that dictators can sometimes only be stopped with force.
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