German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has confirmed that he wants to participate in the early federal elections with the SPD. “Yes, that’s how it is,” Scholz said on Tuesday when asked whether he would be a candidate for chancellor. “The SPD and I are going into these elections to win them,” he added.
He sees support from the SPD leadership, Scholz said in Rio de Janeiro on the sidelines of the G20 summit in an interview with broadcaster ProSieben.
The voices for Pistorius are getting louder
In recent days, numerous voices within the SPD have spoken out in favor of Defense Minister Boris Pistorius as the SPD candidate for chancellor.
The SPD leadership is currently discussing the organization of the early federal elections.
Pistorius, meanwhile, does not see his popularity figures as a commitment to his own party. When asked about this, he told the newspapers of the Bavarian media group: “No. I am happy that my work is recognized. And at the same time, the question of whether a party draws this or that conclusion is completely different.”
Asked whether he believed Scholz would remain in the running as the next candidate for chancellor, Pistorius said “yes”. But would he be ready if it didn’t stay that way? “As a general rule, I do not answer hypothetical questions because an answer I give today could be invalid the day after tomorrow,” Pistorius said.
Source: Krone
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