Pascale Hugues, who is both an author and Germany correspondent for the French magazine Le Point. She says: "After sixteen years of sometimes deadening continuity, I'd like to see Germany showing more courage and being a bit more adventurous."

 

 

DW political correspondent Nina Haase-Trobridge, who argues that: "The Green candidate is Angela Merkel‘s natural successor. But is Germany ready for the shake-up that she stands for?”

 

 

 

Derek Scally of the Irish Times, who argues that: "Markus Söder’s escapades are the ultimate kiss of death for Armin Laschet's campaign before it can even get underway.”