AdvertisementGermans Will Choose A New Government As Angela Merkel Steps Down As ChancellorSeptember 25, 2021Rob SchmitzfacebookEmailOn Thursday, people in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, pass election posters of chancellor candidates Armin Laschet (from right) of the Christian Democratic Union, Annalena Baerbock of the Greens, Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party and Christian Lindner of the Free Democratic Party. (AP)