The sun begins to set on Olaf Scholz’s chancellorship
The contours of Germany’s coming election campaign are coming into view
IN MOST DEMOCRACIES a “snap” election might be expected a few weeks hence. In Germany, it will take three and a half months. Party lists must be drawn up, ballot papers printed, municipalities and volunteers mobilised. Moving any quicker, the chief elections officer has warned, would present “incalculable risks”. Yet measured against the usual tempo of change in Germany, political events have developed at a blistering pace.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Kanzlerdämmerung”
Europe November 16th 2024
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