Merkel apparently wants to take Scholz to the G20 summit, at least during the bilateral meetings.
There he can present himself as likely the next chancellor.
Rome - Angela Merkel * did not keep an eye on her successor, politicians and experts rage again and again.
Well, when the days leading up to her political retirement get shorter, she will still take care of the likely new Chancellor - in an unusual way.
Chancellor Merkel takes Scholz to meetings on the sidelines of the G20 summit
In the last few weeks of her term in office, Merkel will once again take part in the G20 summit, but will obviously be accompanied by appointments there. For example, Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz * (SPD) will be able to introduce himself as a likely new Federal Chancellor at the upcoming summit in Rome on the international stage. Merkel (CDU) invited Scholz to her bilateral meeting with other heads of state and government on the sidelines of the summit, it was said on Thursday from government circles in Berlin, as the AFP news agency reported.
For example, a meeting with US President Joe Biden * is planned.
Scholz traveled to Washington as finance minister during the election campaign.
He “met” Vice President Kamala Harris at a bizarre street scene *.
At the time, there was no appointment in the White House.
If the coalition negotiations between the traffic light parties are successful, Scholz could soon cross it off his list.
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"Historical thing": predecessor and potential successor together on the international stage at the G20 summit
The joint appearances of the Chancellor and her likely successor will send out "a special signal effect", it was also said.
Germany could thus "signal a lot of continuity in the G20 process".
It is “definitely a historical thing” that “the predecessor with the possible successor appears” at the upcoming summit.
In addition to the meeting with US President Biden, bilateral meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan * and the heads of state and government of Argentina, Singapore, India and South Korea are also planned.
A meeting of four at the top level with the USA, France, Great Britain and Germany on Iran policy is also being planned.
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The heads of the G20 group will meet in Rome on Saturday for their first summit since the beginning of the corona pandemic.
The group includes 19 major economies from all over the world as well as the EU.
The presidents of Russia and China are not taking part in person because of the corona pandemic, they are connecting via video.
Merkel has only been executive in office since the constituent session of the Bundestag.
In principle, the competencies of the members of the government * remain largely unchanged.
But the ministers and the chancellor should no longer make decisions that bind the successor government.
Scholz could now pay attention to the appointments.
(AFP / cibo) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.