On September 24, the ACG hosted a discussion with Wolfgang Schmidt, State Secretaries in the Ministry of Finance and advisor to Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz.
Scholz has several key advisors yet few of them are as close to him as Wolfgang Schmidt, who currently serves as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance. Their political careers have been intertwined for 20 years, and since early this year Schmidt has been an outspoken advocate for his boss. He believes Olaf Scholz is the best person to succeed Angela Merkel.