German Experiment
Scholz (63), an experienced politician who was finance minister in the outgoing “grand coalition” of the SPD and conservatives, said that fighting the pandemic would be his top priority.
Scholz (63), an experienced politician who was finance minister in the outgoing “grand coalition” of the SPD and conservatives, said that fighting the pandemic would be his top priority.
The “Merkel-raute” was noticed during a photoshoot for Stern magazine in 2002 for the first time
Merkel, who grew up in East Germany, where Putin was a KGB operative, refused to be intimidated by the orchestrated machismo
According to the latest opinion poll results, the latecomer Social Democratic Party, with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz as its Chancellor candidate, tops the list by only 1 to 4 percentage points.
The German chancellor is making her 19th and likely final official visit to the U.S. on Thursday for a meeting with President Joe Biden
But by the end of the Schroder period, the country needed healing, which Merkel provided.
It’s the last test of German public opinion before September’s national election, and of the popularity of the far right.
Yet on the first anniversary of the pandemic and the attendant lockdowns, it is remarkably resonant.
Merkel said that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko "has not sought to speak" to any EU leaders.
Both the leaders have discussed regional developments and evaluated steps to enhance bilateral relations, the statement further said.
