Newly elected German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave flowers to former Chancellor Angela Merkel during a handover ceremony.Germany's new chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged his centre-left-led coalition would offer a "new beginning" for Europe's top economy.
The former finance minister, who won 395 of the 707 votes cast in the Bundestag lower house to succeed Angela Merkel, has vowed broad "continuity" with the popular former leader while making Germany greener and fairer."It will be a new beginning for our country," Mr Scholz pledged as he officially assumed the office from Ms Merkel and thanked her for her 16-year tenure.
The alliance aims to slash carbon emissions, overhaul decrepit digital infrastructure, modernise citizenship laws, lift the minimum wage and have Germany join a handful of countries worldwide in legalising marijuana. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the ministers of the new German government pose for a photo after the first cabinet meetingMr Scholz's office announced his first official visit would take him to Paris and Brussels Friday for talks with Mr Macron, Ms von der Leyen and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.
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