Scholz becomes German Chancellor after securing a joint venture | Angela Merkel News

German Social Democrat Olaf Scholz said he had reached an agreement to form a new government that would try to reshape Europe’s largest economy and bring about a curtain in Angela Merkel’s time.

Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), environmentalist Greens and Free Democrats (FDP) wants to accelerate green and digital economic transformation while still saving money, according to a 177-page agreement.

The agreement – which has been described as a three-party traffic agreement – is a popular one in Parliament and expects the government to be sworn in early next month when the parties approve the deal.

The first federal level agreement between dissenting parties ends 16 years of Merkel-based rule, marking a new era of relations with Europe and the rest of the world.

At a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday, led by FDP and Greens leaders, Scholz recalled that when the first power plant was installed in the city’s Potsdamer Platz in 1924, many doubted whether it would work.

“Nowadays, traffic light is very important when it comes to directing things clearly and providing the right direction and ensuring that everyone is moving smoothly,” he said.

“My goal as chancellor is to get the traffic network to do the same in Germany.”

Merkel leaves big shoes to fill. He has traveled through Germany and Europe through a number of challenges and has become a leader in free democracy in the face of rising global governance.

Opponents claim that he has succeeded in solving the problem and abandoning the difficult decisions that his successor will make in many areas.

Scholz’s upcoming government is facing challenges, as Europe struggles with the collapse of Brexit, a crisis on the European Union-Belarus border and the increase in cases of COVID-19.

Although the German election campaign focused on domestic issues, the coalition also focused on what the next government would do politically.

The parties agreed to strengthen the EU’s economic and social co-operation agreement and demonstrated openness to change the bloc’s monetary policy rules, also known as the Stability and Growth Pact.

They also agreed that Germany would remain part of NATO’s nuclear deal, a move that would undermine the Western military alliance during the growing conflict with Russia.

A foreign minister is expected

Greens’ leader Annalena Baerbock, 40, is expected to become the country’s first female foreign minister. Although the parties have not yet made any announcement of cabinet ministers, Scholz has already stated that he wants a gender-based government.

FDP leader Christian Lindner, 42, is due to take over the ministry of finance and Greens’ leader Robert Habeck, 52, is expected to take part in the economic and climate change.

The forthcoming agreement should coordinate Greens’ call for a stronger Russia-China line of human rights and what Scholz would prefer to avoid the risk of conflict between the two countries on issues such as Taiwan and Ukraine.

Emphasizing his open mind, the union agreed to allow several citizenship and legalize the sale of cannabis for recreational use in licensed stores.

Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane, from Berlin, said the new government was growing rapidly.

“Olaf Scholz, probably in the next 10 days, will be approved and voted as a chancellor in parliament. The Social Democrats have found him a chancellor, with six or seven other positions, and will receive their most important Scholz promise mentioned in the campaign: promotion low wages in this country, “he said.

“The Greens have begun to oversee a new and powerful ministry, the finance ministry, which will be expanded to become a climate-fighting ministry.

“This should be voted on by the parties inside, but it all seems to have happened. In approving this new agreement, they are sending Merkel’s Christian Democrats to protest,” he said.

Leading up to what would be her last cabinet meeting, Merkel bid farewell to her colleagues earlier in the day, and Scholz offered to plant in her field a long-distance EU leader.

As finance minister and vice-chancellor in the emerging “major alliance” of the SPD and the Conservatives, Scholz, 63, was seen as a master rather than a charismatic politician who, like Merkel, had limited and skilled ideas in negotiations.

Now he has to form and maintain an alliance between the Greens and the SPD, known as the middle-left ally, and the hawkish economic FDP, which has been very close to Germany.

Merkel did not seek re-election after four years as chancellor.

His popularity remains high, but his party is under pressure and is facing a leadership challenge after it saw the worst results in a state election following a competitive campaign by aspiring chancellors.