Germany elected new chancellor: The Parliament of Germany elected Olaf Scholz as the country’s 9th chancellor after the Second World War. After the 16-year tenure of Angela Merkel, with this, a new era has commenced in the most densely populated nation of the European Union (EU).
The Scholz government is heading to take office amid big expectations of modernizing Germany and fighting climate change. But it still encounters the challenge of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in the country. On Wednesday Scholz got the aid of 395 lawmakers. There are 416 seats in the 736-seat lower house of parliament in their 3 party alliance.
Germany elected new chancellor, the speaker will conduct the oath:
The Speaker of Parliament will conduct the oath to the new chancellor of Germany. Merkel, who is no longer a unit of parliament, watched the entire procedure from the audience gallery as Parliament voted. When the Parliament session commenced, the MPs continued and paid their respects to him.
Scholz, 63, Germany’s vice-chancellor and finance minister since 2018, got discipline and experience to a pro-environment Greens, pro-business Free Democrats, and coalition of Social Democrats. The 3 parties are launching their alliance as a progressive coalition. This will give rise to new energy to the country after Merkel’s term in office for nearly a record period. Scholz said on Tuesday that we risk a new departure that deals with the major challenges of this decade and beyond.
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The new government seeks to strengthen accomplishments against climate change by expanding the use of renewable energy. And discontinuing the use of coal in Germany by 2038. It also needs to make the country more modern, comprising boosting its poor cellphone and internet network.
It also intends to inaugurate more liberal social policies, comprising legalizing the exchange of cannabis for active motives and ameliorating the way for German citizenship. At the same time, he also promised to make additional efforts to give those refugees to their nations who have not been given protection. Coalition allies also like to lift the eligible age to vote in national elections in the nation from 18 to 16.
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Germany elected new chancellor and Scholz motioned to maintain the foreign policy, announcing the government would stand for a strong European Union. And enhance the Trans-Atlantic Alliance. The Co-leader of the Greens Party, Robert Habek, will be the Vice-Chancellor. The position of Finance Minister at number 3 in the government will be given to Christian Lindner, who is the leader of the Free Democrats.