Welcome to the West’s Olaf Scholz Era – Foreign Policy
Aug 25, 2023 · As the political season resumes, his coalition is fractious, his economy is spluttering, the mood is fractious, and the far-right is resurgent. Abroad, it has become axiomatic to disparage...
‘A house of cards’: court ruling leaves Olaf Scholz’s legacy in tatters
Nov 28, 2023 · The court in Karlsruhe ruled that ministers broke the law by transferring €60bn of unused borrowing capacity from their pandemic budget to a “climate and transformation fund” (KTF) that...
Germany’s ruling coalition collapses. What that means and what
Nov 8, 2024 · That arrangement changed after Chancellor Olaf Scholz (who belongs to the party that led the coalition, the center-left Social Democratic Party) fired his finance minister, who belongs to the...
Time is almost up for Olaf Scholz after Germany coalition chaos
Nov 7, 2024 · Time is almost up for Olaf Scholz after Germany coalition chaos. The traffic light coalition has resulted in a car crash — and the right is ready to capitalise. Oliver Moody. , Berlin Correspondent. Thursday November 07 2024, 1.45pm, The Times.
Changing of the guard: Germany’s new era under Chancellor Scholz
Dec 15, 2021 · Olaf Scholz has now been sworn in as the new chancellor of Germany, ending Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure at the heart of German and European politics. Scholz, 63, earned the nickname “Scholzomat” (“Scholz machine”) due to his efficiency in office.
Germany’s dramatic reversal on defense, explained | Vox
Mar 5, 2022 · Most strikingly, Scholz proposed massive investments in Germany’s defense and security, reversing the country’s reluctance to build up its military.
Inside Olaf Scholz’s historic shift on defense, Ukraine and Russia
Mar 5, 2022 · Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in a special session of parliament that Germany would set up a €100 billion fund to modernize the military and ramp up defense spending to meet the NATO goal of 2 percent of GDP — two extraordinary pledges for a country that had for decades resisted pressure from allies to step up on defense.
Olaf Scholz - Wikipedia
Olaf Scholz (German: [ˈoːlaf ˈʃɔlts] ⓘ; born 14 June 1958) is a German politician who has been the chancellor of Germany since 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as vice chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021.
Who is Olaf Scholz? Meet Germany's new chancellor and coalition ...
Dec 8, 2021 · BERLIN — Olaf Scholz became Germany's chancellor on Wednesday, marking the end of Angela Merkel's 16 years as the country's leader. Scholz's center-left Social Democratic Party, which won the...
Olaf Scholz on Russia's War in Ukraine and Germany's Future - TIME
Apr 27, 2022 · T hree days after Russia ordered troops into Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stood before the Bundestag, the federal Parliament in Berlin, and addressed the lawmakers in a special Sunday...