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Assessing the Domestic and Foreign Policy Priorities of Germany’s New Government
Assessing the Domestic and Foreign Policy Priorities of Germany’s New Government
After weeks of negotiations following Germany’s federal election in September, a new government was sworn in on December 8. Following 16 years of conservative leadership under Angela Merkel, Olaf Scholz became Chancellor. Promising a new start, his center-left Social Democrats will govern in a coalition together with the Greens and the business-friendly Free Democrats. The...