The new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was sworn in on Wednesday December 8 in front of the members of the Bundestag who had previously elected him to the post of head of government of the largest European economy.
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The Social Democrat, who has formed a coalition with the Greens and the Liberals of the FDP, succeeds Angela Merkel who is retiring from political life after 16 years in power.