Olaf Scholz, who replaced Angela Merkel as chancellor about three weeks ago, gave the traditional New Year’s Eve address for the first time and called for unity and vaccinations.
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After Months, a ‘New’ Dutch Coalition With the Same Leader and Parties
Mark Rutte, who has weathered a scandal and criticism for overstaying his welcome, will be prime minister for a fourth term.
With Olaf Scholz at the Helm in Germany, a New, Uncertain Chapter
After 16 years, Angela Merkel handed over the German chancellery to Olaf Scholz, leaving behind a changed country and a polarizing legacy.
Angela Merkel’s Political Life in Pictures: The End of an Era
Images from the former chancellor’s 16 years leading Germany, and from her life before.
8 Women and 8 Men: Germany Gets Its First Gender-Equal Cabinet
Angela Merkel is handing over the chancellery to a man. But in a watershed moment for the country, women will run all security and diplomacy-related ministries in the new government.
Can Olaf Scholz, Germany’s New Chancellor, Revive the Left in Europe?
Olaf Scholz wants to win back workers who defected to the populist far right. Success could make him a model for Social Democrats everywhere.
8 Women and 8 Men: Germany Gets Its First Gender-Equal Cabinet
Angela Merkel is handing over the chancellery to a man. But in a watershed moment for the country, women will run all security and diplomacy-related ministries in the new government.
Angela Merkel Makes Final Plea for Germans to Get Vaccinated
‘Every shot helps,’ the chancellor said, days before she leaves office.
Angela Merkel Bids Farewell as Germany’s Chancellor
With a parade of torch-bearing soldiers and a 1970s hit from the Communist East, Germany’s Angela Merkel bid farewell as chancellor. She leaves office next week.
Germany Requires Vaccines for Store and Restaurant Customers
Facing a huge coronavirus surge, Chancellor Angela Merkel, her successor, Olaf Scholz, and state governors agreed on tough new restrictions on people who have not been inoculated.