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
Israeli annexation forms part of a US peace plan unveiled in January, which paves the way for the eventual creation of a Palestinian state.
Libya has been locked in a civil war since the ouster and killing of former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
The German chancellor also praised the Egyptian efforts to reach a settlement to the conflict in Libya, according to the spokesman.
Earlier this week, the White House said that the US leader believes there would be "no greater example of reopening" than holding a G7 summit in the United States near the end of June.
Merkel further said that an agreement could come shortly, but added that any deal has to be completed.