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.
A questão da liderança apenas agravou o problema – Peer Steinbrück do PSD e Jürgen Trittin dos Verdes nunca tiveram a mais pequena hipótese contra Merkel e o Ministro das Finanças Wolfgang Schäuble.