Power Changes in Germany, only corona remains unchangeable

Olaf Scholz, new Chancellor of Germany

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Olaf Scholz from SPD (Social Democratic Party) new chancellor of Germany, made coalition with FDP (Free Democratic Party) and Green Party (Alliance 90 / THE GREENS). It´s the first German government of a three-party coalition.

Angela Merkel from CDU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany) ruled for 16 years without any scandal. Her father was a German Protestant theologian.

The new traffic light (SPD-Red, Green Party-Green and the FDP -Yellow color) coalition he leads has a more modern vision and set of policy priorities. It looks as if it will replace Merkel’s piecemeal approach to governing — pulling the country slowly, to avoid any controversy — with a government that is a bit more progressive and a bit more future-oriented. This Government has started with not only COVID 19 but with may be more dangerous virus named Omicron. It is still unknown how dangerous or not. But the new health minister Karl Lauterbach is professional virologist. He regularly called for a tougher stance and more restrictions in Germany’s corona virus policy, and almost always his predictions came true. He says, it is very likely that two vaccinations already alleviated the disease, and three vaccinations were probably very good protection against the course of the disease.

‘The most important task in diplomacy is preventing, containing and preferably solving crises’, says the new foreign minister Annalena Baerbock. As green party politician it´s normal that she said, no crisis is a greater threat to the future of humanity than the climate crisis.

The three parties put the climate on the first priority to handle.

The new Chancellor Scholz was born in Onnsbruck in Niedersachsen. His Father Gerhard Scholz said, at the age of 12 years, Olaf wanted to be German chancellor. After 51 years he climbed to his dream position, where he wanted to be.

DW (Deutsche Well) reports: Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has a lot of experience with political top jobs, but lacks charisma. He has often been underestimated.

One of Germany’s most powerful politicians is facing a Bundestag inquiry on how his ministry failed to prevent one of the country’s biggest corporate scandals.

Not only, financial scandals harm Scholz’s image as he gears up for chancellor candidacy, reports euraactive.com

It added: After all, his image is that of a true professional: rational, serious, meticulous. The kind of man who can lead Germany through the crisis with a steady hand.

Germany’s new chancellor Olaf Scholz is broadly supportive of the infrastructure project, as was his predecessor in the role, Angela Merkel. But the west has a broad palette of options for responding to a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine and stopping Nord Stream 2 is one of them, the people said, according to Financial times.

The present Omicron virus, Russia- America and climate change issues are playing very import role for the new German Government led by Olaf Scholz.

His wife Britta Scholz is also a German politician. From 1997 to 2011, Ernst was a member of the Hamburg Parliament. She is the education minister of North German province Schleswig-Holstein. They have no children.

Former German Chancellors Gerhard Schroeder, Angela Merkel are also childless.