Olaf Scholz, the finance minister in Angela Merkel’s outgoing government, is a veteran of German politics who came close to being written off. Then he singlehandedly led his ailing Social Democrats to victory.
BERLIN—A politician who built his popularity on his response to Covid-19 and styled himself as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s true heir is now best placed to succeed her as leader of Europe’s largest economy afterOlaf Scholz’s Social
Democratic Party won a small majority over Ms. Merkel’s conservatives. But with just a quarter of the votes, he is also the first leading politician in the country’s postwar history to need support for three parties to build a stable majority in parliament.
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