Germans vote in a national election on Sunday that looks too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives. "They want to pull us out of NATO, they don't want this alliance, they want another republic," said Laschet, who is 60. Campaign posters showing co-Leader of Germany's Greens Annalena Baerbock, SPD Leader Olaf Scholz and CDU Leader Laschet are seen in Berlin on Saturday. "The stronger the SPD, the easier it will be to form a coalition," Scholz said. "I don't know what will be possible but maybe it is possible for example to form an SPD-Greens coalition.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2021 23:02 UTC