Encourage people, spread hope, that is what Scholz can do – and he will also show that on Saturday at the start of his election campaign in Bochum. But is that enough for people to put the cross on his SPD?
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Christian Wernicke, Bochum
They are leaning against the fence outside. Gerdi and Bernd Donner watch as inside on the cordoned off pavement of Bochum’s pedestrian zone some helpers prepare the stage and video wall in the midday sun. “Scholz is tackling it”, promises white letters on deep red, underneath it is written in black as if in small print: “SPD.DE”. The hero of this Saturday in the deep Ruhr area is still behind the stage. Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz won’t open the comrades’ election campaign here in the middle of the Ruhr area for an hour.