Olaf Scholz was adopted on Monday with the military honor of the Chancellery in Berlin on Monday. The SPD politician praised the change of government as an “expression of democratic normality”. In these times it is “by no means normal that such a change is so civilized, as a collegial and so decent, as we experience here nowadays in Germany,” he said in the large crane of the Bundeswehr.
Scholz wished his designated successor Merz, who was in the front row with his wife Charlotte, for all tasks and challenges “Good success, fortnee and a happy hand”. “In difficult hours, which will certainly also exist, I wish that your encounters from which you can draw strength and trust.” Time and again he had such encounters with citizens, “who set coherence in the division,” continued Scholz. “A country that has such citizens does not have to be afraid of the future,” was the departing head of government optimistic.
Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius, who is the only current minister who belonged to the future government, praised Scholz as a “statesman” who led Germany with determination, caution and caution through stormy times. “You remained the course at difficult moments,” Pistorius said in his speech. “During this time you had to struggle with difficult decisions. Decisions that had to do justice to the disturbing changes. Decisions that were not always popular, but that you were always taken for the wells of our country.”
Scholz stood for reliability and stability and made many necessary, important and correct decisions as Chancellor. “Not least when the coalition of the triple lost its cohesion, you recognized the signs of time. You pulled the line in a responsible manner and set the issue of trusting the way for new elections,” Pistorius looked back.
Scholz now becomes a member of the Bundestag
Scholz wished his farewell ceremony “in my life” by The Beatles, a fragment from the “2nd Brandenburg Concert” by Johann Sebastian Bach and the Soul Classic “Respect” as accompanying music. Respect was the central slogan of Scholz ‘successful Bundestag -election campaign 2021. The Bundestag will also be part of the Bundestag after departure as Chancellor. He has won a direct mandate in Potsdam and wants to observe it until the end of the election period.
Senskyj Thanks for “Key role in Germany”
There were also thanks to the outgoing Chancellor on the occasion of the Big Zapfenstreich. The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Senskyj thanked Social -Democratic politicians for “Germany’s key role in the support of Ukraine during all war years”.
There were several “milestones” -other things, the “turnaround” of the Chancellor and the Patriot Air Defense System. Senskyj also praised the promise of “unbreakable solidarity” through the departing head of the government.
Source: Krone
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