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Olaf Scholz German Chancellor Angela Merkel succeeds Wednesday, December 8. the journalist Laurent Desbonnets, Berlin correspondent for France Télévisions, takes stock of the changes what does this coming to power.
In Germany, Olaf Scholz succeeds Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday December 8, who remained in power for 16 years. “After more than 5,600 days in power with Angela Merkel, Olaf Scholz says he wants to give Germany a fresh start, report the journalist Laurent Desbonnets, correspondent in Berlin for France Televisions, live for the 8 Hours. One of the first measures that he will vote in Parliament is the obligation to be vaccinated in an attempt to resolve this health crisis.. “
A series of additional measures should also be taken, and they should “mark a certain inflection to the left of the country“, notes Laurent Desbonnets, who cites for example”increasing the minimum wage to 12 euros per hour“and the”cannabis legalization“.”This new chancellor also wants to speed up the exit from coal. The objective is now 2030. He also wants a great industrial modernization of Germany“, continues the journalist. Olaf Scholz had already been the country’s vice-chancellor for four years.
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