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Scholz's Party to Name Him as Top Candidate for Snap Polls

Olaf Scholz will on Monday be officially named to lead his centre-left Social Democrats into Germany's snap elections in February, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term. The way has been cleared for Scholz to become the SPD's chancellor candidate after his popular defense minister, Boris Pistorius, ruled himself ...

Germany’s Coalition Crisis: Chancellor’s Adviser to Be Named New Finance Minister

Joerg Kukies, a member of Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats and a close ally of the chancellor, will be named Germany's new finance minister, government sources told AFP on Thursday. Scholz sacked previous finance minister Christian Lindner, from the pro-business Free Democrats, on Wednesday evening leading to the breakdown of his three-party ...