In his speech, the sitting Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany is at a crossroads.
The Social Democrats of Germany (SPD) confirmed the sitting chancellor at their party meeting on Saturday, as expected By Olaf Scholz as a chancellor candidate for the February elections, according to the German media, among other things Deutsche Welle and Die Zeit. The choice was almost unanimous, and only a few representatives of the party assembly opposed Scholz’s continuation.
In his speech, Olaf Scholz said that Germany is at a crossroads. He demanded fair wages, affordable housing and stable pensions for “ordinary people”. The party’s main opponent, the Christian Democrats (CDU), Scholz considered only pursuing the interests of the richest tenth.
In Germany, early federal elections will be held on February 23.