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German Finance Minister Scholz enters race for SPD leadership German Finance Minister Scholz enters race for SPD leadership
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German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will run for the leadership of the Social Democrats (SPD), a spokeswoman said on Friday. The party’s popularity has sunk since it entered a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives.German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will run for the leadership of the Social Democrats (SPD), a spokeswoman said on Friday. The party’s popularity has sunk since it entered a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives.
A successful bid by Scholz to lead the SPD would bring more stability to Merkel’s shaky right-left coalition, which the SPD entered reluctantly last year after a 2017 election, Reuters said.A successful bid by Scholz to lead the SPD would bring more stability to Merkel’s shaky right-left coalition, which the SPD entered reluctantly last year after a 2017 election, Reuters said.
“I’m willing to run if you want me to,” Der Spiegel magazine cited Scholz as telling the SPD’s three interim leaders in a phone call. It said none of them opposed his offer.“I’m willing to run if you want me to,” Der Spiegel magazine cited Scholz as telling the SPD’s three interim leaders in a phone call. It said none of them opposed his offer.
Scholz is the most high-profile candidate to join the race. A recent poll found he was the second-most favorite politician among Germans to become the next chancellor. Scholz is the most high-profile candidate to join the race. A recent poll found he was the second favorite politician among Germans to become the next chancellor.