Peer Steinbrück - can he defeat Chancellor Angela Merkel?

Nordrhein-Westfalen/ Der designierte Spitzenkandidat der SPD fuer die Bundestagswahl 2013, Peer Steinbrueck, spricht am Samstag (29.09.12) in Muenster beim Parteitag der nordrhein-westfaelischen SPD. Auf der Tagesordnung des Parteitags steht unter anderem die Neuwahl des Landesvorstandes. (zu dapd-Text) Foto: Sascha Schuermann/dapd. — Image: Sascha Schuermann/dapd

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The Social Democrats have decided. Former Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück will square off against incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel next year as the SPD's candidate in the upcoming general election. Current polls suggest that he has little to no chance. And the SPD and their favored coalition partners, the Greens, also trail the conservatives and the Free Democratic Party in opinion surveys.

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