Merkel says her 保守的なs 直面する 堅い 戦う／戦い after 16 years in 力／強力にする
BERLIN, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Angela Merkel said on Thursday that nobody in her 保守的な 圏 had ever 疑問d that they 直面するd a 堅い 戦う／戦い to 持つ／拘留する the chancellery after her 16 years in office, 拒絶する／低下するing to 推測する on the 結果 of Germany's Sept. 26 国家の 選挙.
"That after 16 years one does not automatically ... return to the chancellery, that was （疑いを）晴らす to everyone in the CDU and CSU," she told a news 会議／協議会, 追加するing that she 心配するd a closely fought 選挙.
Merkel is not running for a historic fifth 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 in the 選挙, and Armin Laschet, the 保守的なs' 候補者 to 後継する her, is struggling in 投票s, which show 大蔵大臣 Olaf Scholz's Social 民主党員s in the lead.
Scholz, the second most powerful 人物／姿／数字 in the 判決，裁定 'grand 連合', is pitching himself https://reut.rs/3yfLNmy as the 候補者 best placed to continue the course 始める，決める by Merkel, who is still very popular with 投票者s.
Asked by a reporter what it was she valued about Scholz, she said: "What I most value about Mr Scholz is that when he and I agree on something, we both stick to our かかわり合いs."
With her 保守的なs 追跡するing Scholz's Social 民主党員s in 投票s, Merkel made an 情熱的な 嘆願 https://reut.rs/3BKK1fB to German 投票者s on Tuesday to 支援する her would-be centre-権利 後継者 Laschet at the 選挙.
Laschet's 約束 of "steadfastness" is failing to resonate with 投票者s worried about 気候 change, 移民／移住 and the COVID-19 pandemic. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Thomas Escritt Editing by Paul Carrel)
