Union candidate Armin Laschet would be the first foreign trip to Paris if he was elected Chancellor – just like his SPD competitor Olaf Scholz. In June he had left that open.
Union candidate Armin Laschet would be his first foreign trip to Paris if he was elected Chancellor – just like his SPD competitor Olaf Scholz.
In an interview with “Bild am Sonntag” he referred to his visit to France’s President Emmanuel Macron last Wednesday – it was the ninth meeting in the past three years. “Our personal ties are close and trusting, we both know that the Franco-German relationship is existential for Europe,” he said. “So: Paris.”
In a debate in June, Laschet had left the answer to a question about the possible first Chancellor trip open – unlike Scholz and the Green Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock. SPD Chancellor candidate Scholz said at the time that he would travel to Paris – Franco-German cooperation was central to moving Europe forward. Baerbock said: “To Brussels, because German foreign policy must always be European.”
In surveys, the Union is currently a noticeable distance behind the SPD in second place, while the Greens are several points behind in third place.
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