Election Campaign
Sebastian Czaja leaves FDP and backs Wegner
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Berlin's deputy FDP state leader, Sebastian Czaja, is leaving his party and intends to support a bourgeois alliance backing Governing Mayor Kai Wegner of the CDU in the upcoming election campaign. He cites concerns over a potential Left Party victory. The Berlin House of Representatives election is scheduled for September 20.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) called at a CDU campaign event in Ravensburg for pension amounts to be tied to working years rather than fixed retirement age, building on earlier proposals like economist Jens Südekum's. He noted SPD support, urged private savings, and pushed for social reforms ahead of the Baden-Württemberg election.
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In a TV debate ahead of the Baden-Württemberg state election, Greens' Cem Özdemir defended CDU top candidate Manuel Hagel against allegations over an old video. The debate featuring Hagel, Özdemir, and AfD candidate Markus Frohnmaier took place on SWR, while protests against AfD participation occurred outside. Polls show a tight race between CDU and Greens.