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Hello and welcome to the Briefing, broadcasting live from Studio one here at Midori House in London.
I'm Chris Chermack.
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This is the briefing and today marks the official start of the German election campaign.
After the loss of confidence vote in Germany's parliament yesterday against Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the parties are introducing their platforms and jockeying for position with everyone but the front running Christian Democrats hoping there is still time to turn the polls around between now and the 23rd of February.
Joining us now for more from Berlin is Aaron Burnett, senior fellow with the Democratic Strategy Initiative.
Aaron, good to have you on the show.
Let's start with a word on Olaf Scholz himself.
Yesterday he gave a pretty combative speech in parliament before losing the the vote of confidence.
Was it too little, too late?
I mean, he decried the state of Germany's infrastructure.
Only 2/3 of German trains are running on time.