Martin Schulz, who is flagging in the opinion polls, has launched a personal attack on Angela Merkel EPAAngela Merkel’s main rival accused her of being out of touch and of abusing her position by using cheap military transport on the campaign trail as the gloves came off in the German election. Mrs Merkel’s CDU/CSU has a comfortable opinion poll lead (38 per cent) over Martin Schulz’s SPD party (22 per cent). Mr Schulz, 61, the former European Parliament president, has launched a strong personal attack in an attempt to boost his flagging ratings. A survey has shown that up to 46 per cent of Germans have yet to make up their minds about how to vote. Mr Schulz told the public broadcaster ARD: “There are many issues where people have the feeling that Merkel is out of touch.” He cited a report…

Source: The Times August 28, 2017 16:52 UTC