Europe looks out for key election result this month

German federal election at a glance

Germans are heading to the polls for the federal election on September 24 to elect the members of the federal parliament, and then a chancellor, to form a new government. CGTN brings you a quiz to test your knowledge of the country and its elections.

Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) may continue to lead the government. Who is her main challenger?

Social Democrat Sigmar Gabriel
Leader far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Frauke Petry
Social Democrat Martin Schulz
The FDP leader Christian Lindner

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Merkel has led the government for the last 12 years and headed the CDU for?

17 years
20 years
14 years
18 years

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Several parties are on the ballot, including the one that rocked the German political establishment with its rejection of open borders, Islam and the euro. The party is known as?

Die Linke (the Left)
Pirate Party Germany
Christian Social Union (CSU)
Alternative for Germany (AfD)

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Germany is Europe’s biggest economy. But it was left devastated following World War II, which led to the division into East and West Germany. When were the two reunited?

November 1989
October 1990
December 1981
May 1, 1977

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After the German unification, Berlin became the capital, but what was the capital of the then West Germany?

Hamburg
Munich
Frankfurt
Bonn

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Angela Merkel is the daughter of a priest and was raised in communist East Germany. Refugees cheered her as savior, for some she is "austerity queen" and some call her the new "leader of the free world." What do Germans call her?

“Merkel forever”
“Wonder woman”
“Eternal chancellor”
“Iron lady”

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Many Germans also call Angela Merkel, who has led the government for over a decade in Germany, "Mutti" (Mummy). But who is the person known as the "father" of German unification who seized the chance to reunite his country after years of Cold War division?

Helmut Kohl
Helmut Schmidt
Konrad Adenauer
Willy Brandt

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