Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) looks with a certain sense of tension towards the planned election of CDU chief Friedrich Merz on Tuesday. This was reported by Steffen Hebestreit, spokesperson for Merz, in response to a request from the dts news agency on Monday. Scholz’s announcement that he will also vote for his successor is “not quite usual in the history of the Federal Republic” according to Hebestreit. In the past few days, one has experienced a “very tidy and at peace with oneself Federal Chancellor” added the government spokesman. “And that is also my impression of him that I have gained in the last weeks” said Hebestreit.
Moreover, the government spokesman announced that the new Federal Chancellor will be able to move into a “very tidy office” on Tuesday. In the past week, several boxes for the clearance have already been standing in the office of Scholz, according to Hebestreit’s request from dts.