Overview

• Chancellor Olaf Scholz adopts an aggressive tone in his final Bundestag debate, targeting Friedrich Merz and framing the election as a fight to prevent a CDU-AfD coalition.
• Friedrich Merz criticizes Scholz's leadership and economic policies but faces backlash for cooperating with AfD votes on migration measures.
• Kevin Kühnert delivers a poignant farewell speech, urging the defense of democracy and condemning reliance on AfD support for legislative decisions.
• Robert Habeck emphasizes climate action and social justice, criticizing the CDU's stance on environmental policies and calling for decisive future-oriented leadership.
• The debate underscores deep political divisions, with parties on both the left and right reporting surges in membership as voters react to the polarized political climate.