Scholz Vows Climate Action, Covid Response in Germany Revamp
- Incoming SPD chancellor calls for ‘decade of investment’
- Alliance already under pressure amid surging virus outbreak
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Olaf Scholz set out to steer Germany through the resurgent pandemic and transform Europe’s largest economy into a climate leader as the Social Democrat prepared to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor.
In a presentation in an industrial hall along Berlin’s Spree river, the 63-year-old first addressed Germany’s brutal Covid-19 outbreak in a sign of the pressure already bearing down on him and his partners even before they’ve formally formed the next government. He then called for a wave of spending to upgrade the industrial economy and combat climate change.