A sort ofThis Sunday, the popular phase of this unusual campaign began.exist RTL I met with n-tv, the three prime minister candidates, and had a discussion for nearly two hours. The moderators will be Peter Kloeppel and Pinar Atalay. At the press conference, they provided information about the upcoming “Triell” in advance.
The candidate will sit with the moderator, among other things, in a round, so understand. This doesn’t sound too exciting, but it shows the difference from previous campaigns. In 2017, for example, the four presenters of Germany’s most important television station faced two candidates like elementary school students to get rid of their prepared problems. Can’t even start a discussion.
This is also the purpose of the exercise: Angela Merkel always explained the Prime Minister’s bonus in such a way that she did not even look at her Social Democratic opponents. She refused to date completely, even she couldn’t afford it.
Hard preparation
It is also relatively difficult for the present anchors to prepare for these unique duels. This Sunday is different: RTL holds such an event exclusively for the first time. Expectations are correspondingly high, especially in terms of ratings: four years ago, the only duel had more than 16 million viewers. Will it be like this now?
The three candidates hardly missed the opportunity to show themselves to voters through the media. No one will be accused of rejection, and the campaign manager sees it as an opportunity for candidates to stand out. However, in the spring, no one doubts how badly this will fail in both cases.
Pinar Atalay said that now that the content requires candidates, it must be “aggressive.” But how does this work when Annalena Baerbock, Armin Laschet, and Olaf Scholz all consider each other as potential alliance partners? This can limit disputes. The audience will see how the host reacts to this.
The expectations of the first experiment were determined by the uncertainty of this campaign. As for the composition of this round, Pinar Atalay said: “If it stays in this state.” What does it mean? When asked, she hoped it would be understood as a joke. In fact, if Olaf Schultz let his party chairman Saskia Esken go first. It is doubtful that the Alliance and the Green Party are joking. We will learn more about it at 10pm on Sunday evening.
