LONDON – A momentous German election marking the end of Angela Merkel’s 16 years as chancellor is less than a month away and with no clear outcome in sight, markets may start to pay attention.
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Election campaign billboards for (from L) the Left Party (Die Linke), the Greens Party (Die Gruenen) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) featuring German Finance Minister, Vice-Chancellor and SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz, line a boulevard in Berlin on Aug. 24, 2021, ahead of parliamentary elections in Germany on Sept. 26.
