Laschet Attacks Front-Runner Scholz After German Ministry Raids
- Conservative candidate works to turn around faltering campaign
- CDU/CSU bloc trails in polls as Germany’s Sept. 26 vote nears
Armin Laschet in Nuremberg on Sept. 11.
Photographer: Alexandra Beier/Getty Images
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Two weeks before the federal election, Armin Laschet sought to turn around his faltering bid to become Germany’s next chancellor by criticizing front-runner Olaf Scholz over raids this week at the federal finance ministry.
Laschet attacked the Social Democrat Party candidate, who’s Germany’s finance minister, for what he termed an inappropriate response to the raids.