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epa09464470 German Minister of Finance and Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for the federal elections Olaf Scholz smiles after ARD/ZDF TV station live recording of the TV debate 'The Truel. Three-way fight for the chancellorship' ('Das Triell. Dreikampf ums Kanzleramt') in Berlin, Germany, 12 September 2021. For the second time prior to the general elections on 26 September 2021, the three candidates of Greens, Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, meet in a 'truel', for a live TV debate in the evening of 12 September 2021. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN