The traffic light coalition is experiencing a debacle. The opposition and the media are criticizing Olaf Scholz, the coalition partners are disgruntled. Does the Chancellor still have a trump card?
Where is the Chancellor? Everyone is talking about him, but he isn’t talking. He is shielded from his own people. The opposition is blaring, the media are counting him out. End of coalition? Question of confidence? New elections? Pistorius? There are so many questions for Olaf Scholz. But he is nowhere to be seen.
On the evening of the elections in Saxony and Thuringia, he came to the SPD headquarters, but only to the party committees, not to the journalists. After the European elections
A few weeks earlier he had appeared before the press. When he was asked if he wanted to say something about the result, he said: “No.” That caused a lot of trouble. So now he’s staying away completely and doesn’t even say “No” anymore.
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Source: Stern

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