Former Finance Minister To Challenge Merkel in Upcoming ElectionGermany’s main opposition party announced Friday its candidate to run against incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year’s federal election.Friends Read FreeCopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveFormer German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück gives a speech on Dec. 6, 2011 in Berlin during the annual federal congress of the German Social Democratic Party. Sebastian Kahnert/AFP/Getty ImagesBy Christian Watjen9/28/2012Updated: 10/1/2015Print