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http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/03/eu...ate/index.html
German Chancellor Angela Merkel traded blows with her election rival, Martin Schulz, in a live TV debate Sunday night, three weeks before the country's federal election.
The pair sparred over the right course of action in North Korea, after Sunday's nuclear bomb test.
President Donald Trump "is not the right person to solve this conflict," said Schulz, leader of the Social Democratic Party, or SPD.
"Last time, by tweeting, he brought us to the brink of a crisis."
Germany will need to work with other partners, including Canada, to solve this crisis, Schulz continued. "The problem we have with Trump is that he is unpredictable ... we never know when he will tweet next time."
He later likened Trump to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, arguing both leaders question democratic values.
Merkel responded to the question of North Korea with more caution. "I don't think we can solve this without the US President, but we will only consider a peaceful, diplomatic solution," she said.
"We need the US as a power for peace," she said, "and we need to do everything possible to get them on the right and sensible path."
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