Economics
Angela Merkel Has Six Weeks to Make History
- Chancellor bidding for fourth term in Sept. 24 German election
- Party wary of Election Day surprise even with SPD trailing
Angela Merkel begins her campaign today to secure her fourth term as German Chancellor with a 50 stop tour across the country. Voters head to the polls on September 24th to elect their new government. Bloomberg's Matt Miller reports on 'Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe.' (Source: Bloomberg)
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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. Barring unforeseen upsets, her campaign team’s main worry is a repeat of her first bid for the chancellery, when a commanding poll lead was reduced to a single percentage point on Election Day.