German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to pollwatchers, would most likely win but had to fight to the last vote to keep her majority in the German parliamentary elections. Her most recent stump took her to Munich, one of the Germany's southernmost cities and is the recognized capital of Bavaria.
In her speech, Merkel defended her government's record on the economy, She said, "When I became chancellor... there were more than five million unemployed and now there are fewer than three million." In her first term, she led a coalition government between the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats.
She added, "But we need to keep working. Many people can say that you're doing better than in 2009. I want you to be able to say in 2017 that you're doing better than now."
An opinion poll's results were released last Friday saw CDU and its partners with a 45% support base.
One of the main criticisms of the campaign is the excessive promises given by the politicians to woo the electorate. Chancellor Merkel, for her part, proposed the increase of tax breaks for individuals with children, pension adjustments for mothers who stayed at home instead of going to work and transport infrastructure spending. Her management though of the Eurozone debt crisis where Germany imposed sharp cuts in spending to keep the country afloat has won over many new supporters to her coalition and electorate.
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