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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and rival, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, struggled Sunday with the minimum wage and nuclear power in an otherwise tepid televised debate before the election in two weeks.

The conservative Angela Merkel and Steinmeier, Vice Chancellor and candidate of the Social Democrats, also tried to claim credit for the recent government rescue negotiated carmaker Opel and reducing unemployment over the past four years.

Merkel said it was badly hit by the economic boom of the presidency until the crisis and last year could return the country to prosperity, if they could connect with their preferred partner, the pro-business Free Democrats.

We are determined to continue in this direction can be, but preferably with a new government, told a debate in a campaign before the September 27 elections.

Stein Meier, Merkel, and wore a black suit, said the economic recovery should be accompanied by better pay for German workers.

We are facing a vicious circle to pay,  he said and called for a national minimum wage, as in other major European economies introduced.

Merkel said he favored only wage agreements range area said that the national minimum wage will work killer.

Both candidates have also highlighted their differences on nuclear power.

Merkel's Social Democrat predecessor Gerhard Schroeder agreed to reactors in the country by 2020 mothballs.

Sunday, the chancellor said that nuclear energy must remain a technology bridge to open Renewable energy at affordable prices make a move.

Stein Meier called the nuclear danger.

Despite the occasional game, quickly moved the discussion, a political discussion with a polite exchange of domesticated several respects.

The Secretary and Stein Meier, who is also Foreign Minister, who is a strong coalition said in 2005, both want to leave the marriage is not love, and work with partners of choice.

But Conservative leader Angela Merkel in opinion polls with a margin in double digits and look likely to succeed in forming a government coalition with the FDP.

The televised debate was seen by many commentators as a last chance to rock Meier to offer rescue Chancellor, with 20 million viewers expected to watch too.