Scholz was elected Chancellor by the Bundestag on 8 December 2021, with 395 votes in favour and 303 against. "[145] The Russian invasion drastically changed German policy with regard to defense spending, aiding Ukraine and the nation's energy security. [111], Since taking office as minister of finance, Scholz has been committed to a continued goal of no new debt and limited public spending. "[95] On 29 September 2022, Germany presented a 200 billion plan to support industry and households. The president formally appoints and dismisses cabinet ministers, on the recommendation of the chancellor; no parliamentary approval is needed. The Prime Minister will also meet with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, where they will announce the . [9] In it, Scholz criticized the "aggressive-imperialist NATO", the Federal Republic as the "European stronghold of big business" and the social-liberal coalition, which puts the "bare maintenance of power above any form of substantive dispute". The title of chancellor additionally symbolized a strong monarchist, bureaucratic, and ultimately antiparliamentary component, as in the Prussian tradition of, for instance, Hardenberg. "[167] However, it "could also be argued that Berlin's communication to affirm its Ukraine stance and explain its foreign policy goals had been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. Scholz's center-left Social Democratic Party, which won the most. Germany's daily coronavirus infection rate has reached an all-time high, and there was a lot of talk about whom Scholz would choose as health minister. He often treated his ministers as mere extensions of his authority rather than colleagues. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 2002 I p.3020)[12]. They talked about various issues such as the war in Ukraine and Ukraine's membership into the EU. [19][20] Editor Bascha Mika condemned the behavior as a "betrayal of the claim to a free press" and the newspaper ultimately published the interview with Scholz's answers blacked out. [140], In December 2021, Scholz rejected the Polish government's claim for further World War II reparations. [29], In 2011, Scholz was the lead SPD candidate at the Hamburg state election, which the SPD won with 48.3 per cent of the votes, taking 62 of 121 seats in the Hamburg Parliament. [51], In 2019, Scholz ran for leader of the SPD, but lost to Norbert Walter-Borjans. Christian Lindner, the head of the pro-business FDP, is set to be the next finance minister, according to the deal which was announced Wednesday afternoon and will now be voted on by the different parties. [40], In a paper compiled in late 2014, Scholz and Schuble proposed redirecting revenue from the so-called solidarity surcharge on income and corporate tax (Solidarittszuschlag) to subsidize the federal states interest payments. With Germany's constitution of 1949, the title of Bundeskanzler was revived. The actions of the president required the countersignature of the chancellor or the minister or ministers concerned, but the president always had to be informed about matters of foreign and defense policy. The German Confederation of 18151866 did not have a government or parliament, only the Bundestag as representative organ of the states. The alliance has been described as a "traffic light" coalition in reference to the parties' traditional colors. Scholz set out the principles of a new German defence policy in his Zeitenwende speech. On 8 December 2021, Scholz was elected and sworn in as Chancellor by the Bundestag. [148], Apart from increasing defense spending and aiding Ukraine, the invasion also helped the German government to admit the dangers of relying on Russian gas. In fact, eight of the 16 cabinet members will be women. 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", Claudia Roth, designated minister of state for culture, Anne Spiegel, designated family affairs minister, Robert Habeck, designated minister of economy, energy and climate protection, Annalena Baerbock, designated foreign minister, Cem Ozdemir, designated agriculture minister, and Steffi Lemke, designated environment minister, present themselves to the media on Monday in Berlin. Olaf Scholz became Germany's ninth post-World War II chancellor Wednesday, opening a new era for the European Union's most populous nation and largest economy after Angela Merkel's 16-year tenure. This procedure is called "constructive motion of no confidence" (konstruktives Misstrauensvotum) and was created to avoid the situation that existed in the Weimar Republic, when it was easier to gather a parliament majority willing to remove a government in office than to find a majority capable of supporting a new stable government.[10]. In the now-defunct German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), which existed from 7 October 1949 to 3 October 1990 (when the territory of the former GDR was reunified with the Federal Republic of Germany), the position of chancellor did not exist. BERLIN Olaf Scholz became Germany's chancellor on Wednesday, marking the end of Angela Merkel's 16 years as the country's leader. Indirectly, this gave him the power of the Bundesrat, including to dissolve parliament. [89] In an emergency meeting of Parliament on 27 February, Scholz made an historic speech announcing a complete reversal of German military and foreign policy, including shipping weapons to Ukraine and dramatically increasing Germany's defense budget. [43][44], In 2015, Scholz led Hamburg's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics with an estimated budget of 11.2 billion euros ($12.6 billion), competing against Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, and Budapest; the citizens of Hamburg, however, later rejected the city's candidacy in a referendum, with more than half voting against the project. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor in Fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021. From 1982 to 1988, he was Deputy Federal Juso Chairman, and from 1987 to 1989 also Vice President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. SPD. Here are some of the keys to understanding the transition underway in this major European power. The couple lived in Hamburg's Altona district before moving to Potsdam in 2018. Scholz backed Poland's efforts to stop the flow of migrants seeking entry from Belarus. The state secretaries (Staatssekretre) were civil servants subordinate to the chancellor and similar to ministers. On 10 August 2020, the SPD party executive agreed that it would nominate Scholz to be the party's candidate for Chancellor of Germany at the 2021 federal election. A chancellor's election is necessary whenever the office of Chancellor has fallen vacant. Under the constitution of 1 January 1871, the king had the additional title of Emperor. Despite having a much more restrained and cautious response than that of other Western countries, Scholz oversaw an increase in the German defense budget, weapons shipments to Ukraine, and a discontinuance of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. 24 February 2022 The Prime Minister spoke to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz this afternoon about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. If not, the president may either appoint as chancellor the candidate who received a plurality of votes (de facto allowing formation of a minority government) or call new elections for the Bundestag within 60 days.[9]. It is data from millions of German taxpayers and contains information on assets hidden from the tax authorities in Dubai. I was, day before yesterday, in a conference with the former prime minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who said what we are witnessing here is the best, the most successful peacekeeping operation, and that is to be together . The constitution of Germany was altered on 29 October 1918, when the parliament was given the right to dismiss the chancellor. Le Premier ministre britannique Rishi Sunak, le Premier ministre allemand Olaf Scholz et le prsident franais Emmanuel Macron reoivent quotidiennement des e-mails. [3] His parents worked in the textile industry. [42] He formed a coalition government with the Green Party, with Green leader Katharina Fegebank serving as Deputy First Mayor. He was also First Mayor of Hamburg from 2011 to 2018 and deputy leader of the SPD from 2009 to 2019. [84] In September 2022, Scholz visited the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, seeking to deepen ties with the Arab states of the Persian Gulf and find alternative sources of energy. The chancellor was also nearly always minister president of Prussia. According to the draft, share purchases should be taxed when it comes to shares in companies that are worth at least one billion euros. Yet Scholz named him anyway a sign that the incoming chancellor wants an outspoken leader to be managing this pandemic, not someone who would be seen as a politically safe choice. [18], Scholz was one of a series of politicians who sparked debate over the German journalistic norm of allowing interviewees to "authorize" and amend quotes before publication, after his press team insisted on heavily rewriting an interview with Die Tageszeitung in 2003. "Scholz" redirects here. Olaf Scholz (German: [olaf lts] (listen); born (1958-06-14)14 June 1958) is a German politician who has served as the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. By 3 March 2022, Scholz had announced plans to build two new LNG terminals. Under Adenauer, the government had also acquired a villa in Dahlem in 1962, a suburban district of southwestern Berlin, as a pied-a-terre of the chancellors in West-Berlin. The vice chancellor may deputise for the chancellor, if they are absent or unable to perform their duties. In both of these aspects, the executive of the federation, and then empire, as it was formed in 1867 and 1871, was deliberately different from the Imperial Ministry of the revolutionary years 184849, which had been led by a prime minister elected by the National Assembly. Another challenge will be to transform the economy to a greener, more digitized version of its current state and doing so without raising taxes or putting Germany into debt, a concern of the incoming finance minister, Christian Lindner, head of the Free Democratic Party. He ended it by accusing the German government of "dragging its feet" with regard to taking action against Russia. Experts criticized parts of his plans because they believed that it would primarily affect small shareholders. He was neither elected by nor responsible to Parliament (the Reichstag). This was changed in the new constitution of 16 April 1871 to Reichskanzler. This separation was made more evident when, in April 1945, Hitler gave instruction that upon his death, the office of the Fhrer would dissolve and be replaced by the previous system of administration: that of the office of the President separate from that of Chancellor. This is the first time Prime Minister Olaf Scholz has visited Japan since his inauguration last December. Olaf Scholz, the center-left Social Democratic Party's candidate, will be Germany's next chancellor, replacing Angela Merkel who has led Germany for 16 years. [31][32][33], In his capacity as First Mayor, Scholz represented Hamburg and Germany internationally. 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A coalition deal has been announced in Germany after almost two months of talks following the country's inconclusive federal election in September. [92], Energy-intensive German industry and German exporters were hit particularly hard by the 2021present global energy crisis. [59], Scholz is criticized in the context of the bankruptcy of the payment service provider Wirecard, as there have been serious misconduct by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). [142] Scholz also pointed out that Germany "continues to be willing to pay very, very high contributions to the EU budget", from which Poland has benefited considerably since its accession to the EU. In 1987, Scholz crossed the inner-German border again and stood up for disarmament agreements as Juso-Vice at an FDJ peace rally in Wittenberg.[11]. 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