Paris first, then Brussels.
For his first trip as new German chancellor, Olaf Scholz will visit the French and then Belgian capital this Friday, the chancellery announced on Wednesday.
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In the Belgian capital, he is due to meet with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the Council Charles Michel with the preparation of the European summit next week on the program, the chancellery said in a press release.
Dear @OlafScholz, next we will write it together.
For the French, for the Germans, for the Europeans.
See you Friday !
Das nächste Kapitel werden wir zusammen schreiben.
Für die Franzosen, für die Deutschen, für die Europäer.
Wir sehen uns am Freitag!
- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 8, 2021
In Paris, it is Emmanuel Macron that he will meet.
The French president greeted this Wednesday the election of the new German chancellor, by promising him to write "the continuation together", "for the French, for the Germans, for the Europeans", in a message posted on Twitter.
Tribute to Merkel
Two and a half months after the elections in Germany, the Social Democrat was elected Wednesday at the head of the German government by the deputies, definitively closing the 16 years of the Angela Merkel era.
In another tweet, Mr. Macron thanked the ex-chancellor for "never having forgotten the lessons of history, for having done so much for us, with us, to move Europe forward.
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Olaf Scholz was sworn in on Wednesday before Bundestag MPs who had previously elected him as head of government of Europe's largest economy.
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.