Berlin (AP) - emphasis on German chancellor Angela Merkel (Angela Merkel) economic strength, she played an important national vote, to months before the general election campaign on Saturday, she burst through her party's alliance partners weaknesses worry.
Merkel center-right party faces a tough game for a decade to keep sports, northwest area population of 8 million, on January twentieth election. Polls show that left-of-center opposition have a good chance to win, this will give it a significant promotion, early September the general election, ms merkel will seek a third term.
Merkel clear, her Christian democratic union "economic ability, plus work - and employment qualifications and quite payment", as the cornerstone of economic strength, this year's activities. She identified against tax increases as a battle plan.
"We believe that, of course, we need income state, so we didn't talk about theory about at this point reduction," ms merkel said in a television news conference the leadership of the party, she met with William port, a port city, is located in sports.
"But, we think, add tax is not good the current economic development, especially the medium-sized company, but also for large companies," she added.
The germans lost his job in the average number of $29000 last year, the lowest since 1991. Germany's unemployment rate below 7%, compared to digital troubled eurozone partners to Greece and Spain's 20%.
Strong German economy, Europe's debt crisis ms merkel's heart of stone management, all of these will help to keep her high reputation and her party before the poll.
But the market weakness liberal Democratic Party, her junior coalition partner, means she center-right coalition in the survey, the lack of most. Frequent alliance quarrel strange, the last election in Germany tax cuts, failed to qualify for the election, the party has taken many.
Sports, polls show that 5% of the FDP's approval rating need to keep in the state legislature, endanger popular conservative governor David McAllister chance to keep his job.
However, ms merkel said she was "very optimistic (liberal Democratic Party), and depend on their own power, their thoughts and their share in the success of the sports and the federal government's work, to persuade people."
The election of sports follow the difficult start, in national elections, the former finance minister George steinbrenner law grams of Angela merkel left-of-center challenger.
He said this week, the President had so little income, Angela merkel have an advantage, because she is a woman - add public speaking, from the early debate, his high income caused the criticism. Merkel calmly rejected her challenger performance problems.
"To tell you the truth, I will take care of my own performance, I am very satisfied," she said. "The rest of the is to give others opinion. "



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