Merkel Leads Polls Ahead of German National Elections
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Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
Germans are voting this Sunday (September 27) for a new parliament and with it a new government. Incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel has been leading in pre-election polls, but her foreign minister is also vying for the top job. Both Ms. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and Frank Walter Steinmeier's left-of-center Social Democrats are looking ahead to possible coalitions. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from Berlin that voters are worried about Germany's economy and its involvement in Afghanistan.
