{"id":2839,"date":"2021-11-26T13:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewitnessexet.wpengine.com\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2021-11-26T19:21:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T19:21:05","slug":"sealing-the-deal-a-caricature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewitnessexeter.co.uk\/?p=2839","title":{"rendered":"‘Sealing the deal’ – A caricature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, regular contributor Will Grosse produced a caricature representing Olaf Scholz, the forthcoming German Chancellor and his attempt, as well as success at<\/em> forming a new coalition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After two months of post-election political manoeuvring, Olaf Scholz is finally in line to succeed Angela Merkel as German Chancellor. With a 9th<\/sup> successive year of a CDU-SPD ‘grand coalition’ ruled out (3 of which saw Scholz serve as finance minister), the latter party signed a deal with the Greens and libertarian FDP in a so-called ‘traffic light’ arrangement – alluding to their campaign colours. An Establishment figure whose socialism has considerably mellowed since the 1970s, Scholz nonetheless promises an ambitious progressive agenda: Carbon neutrality by 2045, a minimum wage of 12 euros an hour, as well as immigration, abortion, and voting reforms. As his predecessor steps down following a 16-year premiership, it remains to be seen what a post-Merkel Germany (and even Europe) will look like.<\/p>\n

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