FILE PHOTO: Carsten Linnemann, general secretary of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Social Democratic Party (SPD) General Secretary Matthias Miersch, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of the Greens party, Free Democratic Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner, Co-leader of the German left-wing party The Left (Die Linke) Jan van Aken, Alexander Dobrindt of the Christian Social Union (CSU), Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Alice Weidel and Sahra Wagenknecht, leader of Germany’s Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance party (BSW), pose ahead of a TV duel before the general election in Berlin, Germany, February 20, 2025. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Pool/File Photo