German Chancellor and conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Angela Merkel addresses an election campaign rally at Roemerberg square in Frankfurt August 30, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would push the G20 to make more progress on regulating financial markets and crack down on tax evasion, co-opting signature policy issues of her main challenger in September's elections.
Merkel, who confronts leftist leader Peer Steinbrueck in a TV duel on Sunday, said she wanted to urge leaders of the G20 top world economies to agree a time frame for steps towards tighter regulation of the so-called "shadow banking" sector.
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