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Mrs Merkel has made some slip ups (Photo: CDU)

German election campaigning heats up

German citizens who have not taken advantage of the summer months to take off on holiday are being treated to the daily show of the two main political parties taking the gloves off as they prepare for general elections next month.

Instead of the normal politisches Sommerloch at this time of year - literally, political summer hole - German newspapers are gleefully filling their pages with home-grown political stories.

The main source of the news over the past weeks has been ...

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Mrs Merkel has made some slip ups (Photo: CDU)

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