Olaf Scholz Gets a Tough Lesson in What It Means to Run Germany
- Officials had no Plan B to deal with Russian energy threat
- Chancellor risks political damage if crisis fight goes awry
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Olaf Scholz ascended the podium of Germany’s parliament for a routine speech on federal spending, but then the normally deadpan chancellor let loose.
His right hand balled tightly, Scholz unleashed an angry attack on critics of his energy policy, pumping his fist up and down before pointing a finger at the conservative opposition and blaming Angela Merkel’s bloc for Germany’s predicament.