Scholz Confident He’ll Take Over as German Chancellor Next Month
- SPD candidate says final differences are not insurmountable
- Leading officials from potential coalition to meet on Monday
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German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said he’s confident that talks with his potential coalition partners will wrap up in time for him to take office as chancellor next month.
“The things that need to be discussed are not so numerous” as to be insurmountable, Scholz, the Social Democrats’ chancellor candidate, said in Berlin on Thursday. “I’ve experienced other situations that were more challenging.”