“With me as chancellor there would never be a coalition with the (far-left) Linke, and whether this can be said of Olaf Scholz or not remains open,” Merkel told reporters in Berlin. Bavarian premier Markus Söder from the CSU party welcomed Merkel’s pushback on Tuesday, saying she could not have been clearer. “Everyone knows that Olaf Scholz wants to move to the left,” Söder said. Merkel herself is bowing out of politics after 16 years as chancellor. SEE ALSO: Olaf Scholz – a safe pair of hands who wants Merkel’s job

Source: The Local August 31, 2021 14:48 UTC