Federal election in Germany is due on September 22, 2013 and A. Merkel is candidate for a third term in the Chancellery. So far, with an unemployment rate around 5% and a stable economy, Germany has become the pay-master for the rest of the euro zone, accepting to provide bailout funds for the debt-laden South, primarily in order to retain its exporting capacity.
Yet, the anti-European sentiments are increasing in the country and Merkel is facing difficulties in pushing the bailout packages thr…