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Added on the 23/09/2021 20:07:01 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Germans head to the polls to decide Merkel's successor in Berlin for the German parliamentary elections and the Berlin elections. IMAGES of people voting in Berlin
The European Parliament vote to demand that the European Commission scrap the appointment of an ally of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, casting a shadow over her bid for a second term. IMAGES of the vote
Supporters at Germany's SPD party headquarters in Berlin cheer and applaud preliminary election results, which show the centre-left Social Democrats taking a razor-thin lead on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in Sunday's vote to decide her successor. IMAGES
Berlin (Germany), Sep 24 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Clemens Bilan and Filip Singer) Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg asked the Germans in Berlin on Friday to go to the polls this Sunday, while criticizing the inaction of political leaders and affirmed that no political force guarantees compliance with the Paris Agreement against climate change.FOOTAGE OF THE 'FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE' DEMONSTRATION IN BERLIN, IN WHICH THE ATTENDEES HAVE DEMANDED "CLIMATE JUSTICE" AND IN WHICH ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG HAS PARTICIPATED.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the final rally ahead of the September 26th elections for CDU candidate Armin Laschet. The election on Sunday will mark the end of Merkel's 16 years in power and the beginning of a rare period of unpredictability in Europe's top economy, with the race too close to call. IMAGES
Berlin (Germany), Sep 22 (EFE).- (Camera: Javier Alonso) Almost three million Germans can vote for the first time, the vast majority of them young people who, to the usual doubts about who to choose, add the chronological data -political that they have only known in their life a person as Chancellor, Angela Merkel.FOOTAGE OF THE BERLIN PARK, THE MUSEUM ISLAND, AND THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE BERLINESE CENTRAL STATION.SOUNDBITES OF ANNA (IN SPANISH), HAZEM MASHLAH, SOPHIE AND MALTE SPARR (IN ENGLISH)TRANSLATION:Anna: “Now with Covid-19 we are much worse than before because university students have hardly been going to university for two years and if now there is another wave of covid, then in the fall we will not be able to return. And also for schools, much more has to be done so that students can continue going to school because for them online learning is much more difficult. So, in general, it was okay but during the Covid-19 I think they forgot a bit about the young people.I am very concerned about climate protection. That is a big issue that needs to be solved ”.