2021年德国政党格局发展新动向

Abstract:Throughout 2021 German politics was dominated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the debate over restrictions of personal freedoms aimed at controlling the disease. Against this backdrop，the German parties prepared for the Bundestag election in September. The Social Democrats had already nominated Olaf Scholz as their candidate for chancellor in 2020，and the Greens nominated their party leader Annalena Baerbock as candidate in spring 2021. The selection of the Christian Democratic candidate，on the contrary，was marked by intense conflict between the leaders of the CDU and the CSU. In the end，the newly elected CDU leader，Armin Laschet，prevailed. The CDU/CSU was during the first half of 2021 widely expected to win the election，but a disastrous campaign and tactical mistakes of Armin Laschet led to a continuous decline in the polls. The Greens could，however，not benefit from this as their candidate，Annalena Baerbock，had at the beginning of the campaign run into severe credibility problems related to her CV. In the end，the SPD，whose candidate had successfully avoided any mistakes，won by a narrow margin and formed a government with the Greens and the Liberals.

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