Even Olaf Scholz Is Admitting Germany’s Government Is in Trouble
- Usually upbeat chancellor stunned Germans with moment of doubt
- Scholz’s coalition is battling budget woes and leaking support
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Olaf Scholz is not known for expressions of self-doubt. So a nation took notice when the German chancellor voiced, for the first time, that things weren’t going to plan.
When quizzed on the dissatisfaction engulfing his three-party coalition Scholz told the weekly Die Zeit: “As chancellor I bear responsibility for the government. Period. So it would be absurd to say that I have nothing to do with it.”