Economics
Germany’s Scholz Calls for Spending Boost in Chancellor Bid
- Social Democrats tout fiscal expansion to fund investment
- Scholz faces steep challenge to lift SPD into post-Merkel era
Photographer: Jan Woitas/picture alliance/Getty Images
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German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz stepped up his bid to return the Social Democrats to the chancellery after Angela Merkel leaves this fall, presenting a fiscally expansive platform to finance a sweeping shift to cleaner energy and better digital infrastructure.