The timetable until the German parliamentary elections
Published: Friday, Dec 27th 2024, 13:20
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The German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has decided to dissolve the Bundestag and has set a date of February 23 for the new parliamentary elections. Important dates up to election day:
* Saturday, January 11: The SPD finally chooses its candidate for chancellor at a party conference in Berlin.
* Sunday, 12.1.: The left-wing nationalist BSW adopts its election program at a members' party conference and chooses party founder Sahra Wagenknecht as its lead candidate.
* Saturday/Sunday, 11/12 January: The right-wing populist AfD adopts its election manifesto at a party conference in Riesa and nominates Alice Weidel as its candidate for chancellor.
* Sunday, 26.1.: The Greens adopt their election manifesto at a party conference in Berlin.
* Thursday, 30.1.: The election proposals must be fixed, the printing of the ballot papers can begin.
* Monday, February 3: The CDU meets for an early federal party conference in Berlin.
* Saturday, February 8: The CSU meets for a party conference with a view to the Bundestag elections.
* Sunday, February 9: The FDP convenes an extraordinary federal party conference in Potsdam in preparation for the Bundestag elections.
* Sunday, February 9: First televised duel on ARD and ZDF between Olaf Scholz (SPD) and his challenger Friedrich Merz from the CDU/CSU. A week later, RTL has invited the two rivals to the TV studio. There will also be further TV discussions in various constellations with the leading candidates.
* Tuesday, 11.2.: Probably the last session of the Bundestag before the election, it is likely to become an election campaign debate - on this day the MPs meet for the general debate.
* Sunday, 23.2.: Bundestag election
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