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German election: Final push as frontrunner Merz vows to lead in Europe

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Final push for votes as German political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute.

Conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz tells supporters that under his leadership, Germany would take responsibility in Europe .

He will end his Christian Democrat party's campaign with a rally in Munich , while his rivals will make a final appeal in a TV "speed-dating" programme.

PhD student Annika , 29 , held a Herz statt Merz banner - love instead of Merz. "He says he won't do something with the far-right AfD , but his actions contradict what he says. I don't trust him at all." Merz appears to have been stung by the outcry and has sought to reassure voters there will be "no tolerance, no minority government [with the AfD], nothing at all"..

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English

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