![]() ![]() More than 103,000 people have died with coronavirus in Germany while new infections have surged since the weather turned cold, filling intensive care units to the breaking point. ![]() "We have to make a fresh start while facing down the corona pandemic – those are the circumstances the new government is up against," Scholz told reporters Tuesday, flanked by his designated finance and economy ministers, Christian Lindner and Robert Habeck. However a vicious fourth Covid wave has already put the incoming coalition to the test. Scholz and his team promise stability just as France braces for a bitterly fought presidential election next year and Europe grapples with the enduring aftershocks of Brexit. "That corresponds to the society we live in – half of the power belongs to women," Scholz, who describes himself as a "feminist", said this week. Germany’s incoming foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has pledged a tougher line with authoritarian states such as Russia and China after the business-driven pragmatism of the Merkel years.īaerbock, the Greens co-leader, is one of eight women in Germany's first gender-balanced cabinet. "We are counting on continuity, on the fact that constructive relations will develop between the president and the new chancellor, that the German side will continue to proceed from the understanding that there is no alternative to dialogue to resolve the most difficult differences," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Russian President Vladimir Putin also reacted to the appointment, calling for "constructive” ties with Scholz. The EU chief is a member of Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrat party and served in her cabinet before moving to Brussels. I wish you a good start and look forward to further trusting cooperation for a strong Europe," she tweeted in her native German. "Congratulations, dear Olaf Scholz on your election and appointment as federal chancellor. Wir sehen uns am Freitag!- Emmanuel Macron December 8, 2021Įuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Scholz and said she looked forward to working with him for a stronger EU. Für die Franzosen, für die Deutschen, für die Europäer. ![]() À vendredi ! Das nächste Kapitel werden wir zusammen schreiben. Pour les Français, pour les Allemands, pour les Européens. ![]()
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