Nein danke! Merkel spurns challenger's TV duel re-run offerBERLIN (Reuters) - Firmly on course for re-election, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday spurned her rival s request for a re-run of a head-to-head television debate in which he failed to dent her opinion poll lead. With voting taking place on Sept. 24, Martin Schulz s left-leaning Social Democrats (SPD) trail Merkel s conservatives by around 14 percentage points. Schulz challenged her to a second debate in a letter, arguing that they failed to address many key issues in the first encounter on Sept. 3, billed as a one-off and in which he at times rattled the chancellor. Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party rejected the idea, with an official saying:  Angela Merkel enjoyed taking part in the a TV duel. The format worked out well. And she is leaving it at that.  The SPD s Andrea Nahles, who is Germany s labor minister, accused the conservatives of cowardice for not allowing a second debate to tackle issues like health, education and pensions that she said were barely touched on in the Sept. 3 duel.   In my view, this is weak of Mrs Merkel,  she told Reuters in a television interview. Schulz, 61, is a more natural public speaker than Merkel, 63, but he failed to land a knock-out blow during the debate   partly because the two camps agree on many policy areas. When he did try to stake out stronger positions, such as by accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of  bringing the world to the brink of crisis with his tweets , she was able to appear more considered. Deploying her credentials as a global stateswoman, Merkel said she would work with Trump to achieve a diplomatic solution to the North Korea crisis   a moderate approach that appealed to risk-averse German voters. A survey by Infratest Dimap for ARD television after the debate showed Merkel s overall performance was viewed as more convincing by 55 percent, compared to 35 percent for Schulz. In his letter to Merkel, a copy of which was seen by Reuters, Schulz argued they had not addressed voters  questions about the digital economy, the future of the labor market, pensions and education in the debate. Schulz, whose SPD has ruled as junior partner in a  grand coalition  with Merkel s conservatives for the last four years, has tried to appeal to voters with a campaign for social justice but the message has not resonated widely. Merkel, in power since 2005, has told voters not to risk allowing an untested, SPD-led left-wing alliance to take power, urging them to stick with her in  turbulent times . worldnews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Nein danke! Merkel spurns challenger's TV duel re-run offerBERLIN (Reuters) - Firmly on course for re-election, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday spurned her rival s request for a re-run of a head-to-head television debate in which he failed to dent her opinion poll lead. With voting taking place on Sept. 24, Martin Schulz s left-leaning Social Democrats (SPD) trail Merkel s conservatives by around 14 percentage points. Schulz challenged her to a second debate in a letter, arguing that they failed to address many key issues in the first encounter on Sept. 3, billed as a one-off and in which he at times rattled the chancellor. Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party rejected the idea, with an official saying:  Angela Merkel enjoyed taking part in the a TV duel. The format worked out well. And she is leaving it at that.  The SPD s Andrea Nahles, who is Germany s labor minister, accused the conservatives of cowardice for not allowing a second debate to tackle issues like health, education and pensions that she said were barely touched on in the Sept. 3 duel.   In my view, this is weak of Mrs Merkel,  she told Reuters in a television interview. Schulz, 61, is a more natural public speaker than Merkel, 63, but he failed to land a knock-out blow during the debate   partly because the two camps agree on many policy areas. When he did try to stake out stronger positions, such as by accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of  bringing the world to the brink of crisis with his tweets , she was able to appear more considered. Deploying her credentials as a global stateswoman, Merkel said she would work with Trump to achieve a diplomatic solution to the North Korea crisis   a moderate approach that appealed to risk-averse German voters. A survey by Infratest Dimap for ARD television after the debate showed Merkel s overall performance was viewed as more convincing by 55 percent, compared to 35 percent for Schulz. In his letter to Merkel, a copy of which was seen by Reuters, Schulz argued they had not addressed voters  questions about the digital economy, the future of the labor market, pensions and education in the debate. Schulz, whose SPD has ruled as junior partner in a  grand coalition  with Merkel s conservatives for the last four years, has tried to appeal to voters with a campaign for social justice but the message has not resonated widely. Merkel, in power since 2005, has told voters not to risk allowing an untested, SPD-led left-wing alliance to take power, urging them to stick with her in  turbulent times . worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: nen dance merkel spurs challenger tv duel offerberlin reuters firmly course chancellor angela merkel wednesday spurred rival request television debate failed dent opinion poll lead with voting taking place martin chul social democrats spd trail merkel conservatives around percentage points chul challenged second debate letter arguing failed address many key issues first encounter billed times battled chancellor her christian democratic union cdu party rejected idea official saying angela merkel enjoyed taking part tv duel the format worked well and leaving the spd andrea names germany labor minister accused conservatives cowardice allowing second debate tackle issues like health education pensions said barely touched duel in view weak mrs merkel told reuters television interview chul natural public speaker merkel failed land blow debate partly two camps agree many policy areas when try stake stronger positions accusing president donald trump bringing world brink crisis tweets able appear considered deploying credentials global statesman merkel said would work trump achieve diplomatic solution north korea crisis moderate approach appealed german voters a survey infratest map ard television debate showed merkel overall performance viewed convincing percent compared percent chul in letter merkel copy seen reuters chul argued addressed voters questions digital economy future labor market pensions education debate chul whose spd ruled junior partner grand coalition merkel conservatives last four years tried appeal voters campaign social justice message resonate widely merkel power since told voters risk allowing contested alliance take power urging stick turbulent times worldnews