, Dec 7 () –
The leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) have signed this Monday the agreement that will allow the installation of the so-called traffic light coalition in the federal government and that will mean the promotion of Olaf Scholz to the position of Eastern Chancellor Wednesday.
The leaders have met first thing in the morning in a museum in the center of Berlin to symbolize an alliance that their respective parties have been ratifying over the last few days. It only remains the vote of the new chancellor in the Lower House of Parliament, the Bundestag, for Germany to turn the page to 16 years of power of the conservative Angela Merkel.
Scholz has recognized that the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic will be the initial priority of his new cabinet, although he hopes to advance in other areas as well. “If the good cooperation that has been seen while we were forming the Government continues, it will be a very good time to face the tasks that lie ahead,” he declared.
Future Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of the Greens believes the new Administration reflects Germany’s “diversity”, while budding Finance Minister Christian Lindner has acknowledged that the country faces “great challenges. “, according to the Deutsche Welle chain.
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Paris and Brussels will be Scholz’s first international destinations when he takes office, as he explained when outlining some of the foreign policy priorities. The Social Democratic leader has opted to strengthen cooperation with the United States and at the same time move towards a “strong and sovereign” Europe.
Among the short-term challenges is the movement of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine, an issue on which Scholz wanted to make “very, very clear” to Russia that any threat to its neighboring country would be unacceptable.
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