Landtag – Hanover – top candidates compete in the TV duel – politics
Hanover (dpa / lni) – Almost two weeks before the state elections in Lower Saxony, the top candidates from the SPD and CDU will compete in a TV duel on Tuesday evening (9 p.m.). The NDR the 75-minute discussion with Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) and challenger Bernd Althusmann (CDU) live from Hildesheim. Because Althusmann is aiming for a third term in the election on October 9th, Althusmann is challenging him for the second time after 2017.
In the most recent polls, the SPD was a few percentage points ahead of the CDU. So far, the Social Democrats have also benefited from a substantial bonus for Prime Minister Weil. When it comes to the question of who the voters want as prime minister, the SPD politician is regularly well ahead of Althusmann.
Content-related issues are likely to arise in the TV duel in connection with the energy crisis, for example on the continued operation of nuclear power plants, which the CDU advocates, or in investment policy, in which the SPD is much more willing to incur new debts – even if Althusmann is ahead A few days also open to loosening the debt brake for the first time.
State political issues have hardly been addressed in the election campaign so far. Here, for example, the lack of staff in schools and day-care centers, the future of special schools for learning or the creation of a state-owned housing company intended by the SPD could cause discussions.
The SPD and CDU are currently governing together in a grand coalition. However, a continuation of the alliance is considered unlikely.
At 6 p.m., the NDR also shows a trill with the top candidates from the Greens, FDP and AfD. All three parties are expected to have a seat in the state parliament in the polls, with the FDP most likely having to tremble about getting in.
In an NDR survey last Thursday, the SPD came to 32 percent, ahead of the CDU with 28 percent. The Greens reach 17 percent, the AfD 9 percent, the FDP only 5 percent. The Left would represent entry into Parliament with 4 percent.
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