The leadership issue made matters worse – the SPD’s Peer Steinbrück and the Greens’ Jürgen Trittin never had the slightest chance against Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble.
La questions du leadership a aggravé encore la situation - Steinbrück, le candidat du SPD, et Jürgen Trittin, le leader des Verts, n'ont jamais eu la moindre chance face à Merkel et au ministre des Finances, Wolfgang Schäuble.