(29 Jan 2025)
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Berlin, Germany – 29 January 2025
1. German parliament
2. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
3. Scholz talking with SPD party member
4. German Eagle
5. Wide of Scholz at podium
6. SOUNDBITE (German) Olaf Scholz, German chancellor:
"There are forces who destroy Germany’s reputation in Europe and the world, undermining the foundations of the European Union, which we need especially in these times and for which we as Germans bear a special responsibility- that is exactly what you are doing, Mr. (Friedrich) Merz, when you say we simply no longer apply European law at our borders! That is the answer of the populists."
7. Lawmakers applauding
8. CDU chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz
9. SOUNDBITE (German) Olaf Scholz, German chancellor
“But it matters whether you work with the extreme right or not, it matters in Germany."
10. Scholz speaking
11. SOUNDBITE (German) Olaf Scholz, German chancellor
"Since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany over 75 years ago, there has always been a clear consensus among all democrats in our parliaments. Let’s not make common cause with the extreme right."
12. AfD co-leader Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla
13. SOUNDBITE (German) Olaf Scholz, German chancellor
"There must be no majority for the CDU, CSU and AfD after the German elections."
14. Lawmakers applauding, Scholz walking away from podium
15. Friedrich Merz, CDU leader and chancellor candidate, approaching lectern
16. Merz speaking
17. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, CDU leader and chancellor candidate:
“It is possible that the AfD will enable a majority in favor of a necessary law here in the German Bundestag for the first time on Friday. The images, the images that we may see of cheering and celebrating AfD MPs will be unbearable. And the very thought of it makes me extremely uncomfortable.”
18. Wide of Merz speaking
19. Merz speaking, Scholz listening on his seat
20. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, CDU leader and chancellor candidate:
“And the assumptions and speculations that you, Mr Chancellor, have made here….you know me well enough. You are vile and you are infamous. I will do everything I can to prevent what you have just said from happening.”
21. Merz speaking
22. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, CDU leader and chancellor candidate:
“A right decision does not become wrong because the wrong people agree. It remains right. It remains right.”
23. Merz walking back to his seat after end of his speech
24. Alice Weidel, AfD leader, approaching lectern
25. Weidel speaking
26. SOUNDBITE (German) Alice Weidel, AfD leader:
“Do you seriously believe, Mr (Friedrich) Merz, that you could fool the citizens into thinking that anything would improve with you if you continue to curry favor with the Greens and the SPD and commit yourself to forming a coalition with these parties? This is precisely what your dogma of the undemocratic firewall, which is not provided for in the Basic Law, amounts to. The so-called firewall is nothing more than an anti-democratic cartel agreement to undermine the will of the voters in order to exclude millions of voters.”
27. Wide of parliament, Weidel speaking
28. Weidel speaking
29. SOUNDBITE (German) Alice Weidel, AfD leader:
“Your irresponsible and infantile manoeuvres, infantile, will not stop us from doing the right thing and agreeing to any sensible initiative.”
30. Weidel approaching her seat after end of her speech
31. Various of lawmakers casting their votes
32. Merz after casting his vote
33. Scholz casting his vote
34. Scholz waving to audience
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