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Olaf Scholz: Looking for a look-alike for Scholz - "Nobody answers": A double agent from the Ruhr area places people who look similar to famous people ...
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German Poland policy: Plain text sounds different: Chancellor Scholz and Foreign Minister Baerbock flatter the government of Poland. In gratitude ...
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Scholz double wanted urgently: A double agent from the Ruhr area places people who look similar to famous people. But he has a problem: Because he simply cannot ...
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Scholz double wanted urgently: A double agent from the Ruhr area places people who look similar to famous people. But he has a problem: Because he simply cannot ...
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Germany: Scholz double wanted urgently: Artist agent Florstedt provides people who are similar to celebrities. But he just doesn't find a double for the new ...
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Looking for a look-alike for Chancellor Olaf Scholz - but nobody answers: A double agent from the Ruhr area places people who look similar to famous people ...
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Meinung: Doppelter Antrittsbesuch - Neuanfang mit Warschau | DW | 13.12.2021: Erst das Debüt der Außenministerin, dann der Auftritt des Kanzlers auf ...
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Scholz double wanted urgently: A double agent from the Ruhr area places people who look similar to famous people. But he has a problem: Because he simply cannot ...
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Scholz double wanted urgently: A double agent from the Ruhr area places people who look similar to famous people. But he has a problem: Because he simply cannot ...
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Scholz double wanted urgently: A double agent from the Ruhr area places people who look similar to famous people. But he has a problem: Because he simply cannot ...
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Merz and the EU: What the Chancellor succeeds at in Europe - | and where he sometimes fails
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Paid articlePaywallTrial begins today: | "Who is behind the Nord Stream attack is pretty clear": Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines? Investigative journalist Oliver Schröm has ...
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Umfrage-Ohrfeige für Merz: Minister-Vergleich liefert Überraschung auch um Habeck und Baerbock
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Former chancellor intervenes again: Scholz announces support for successor Merz.: At his farewell ceremony, things got loud again – musically, that is ...
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Far-right extremist arrested in Dortmund: Merkel, Scholz, Baerbock, and Lauterbach were on his death list
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One year since the traffic light crash: What are Scholz, Lindner, and Co. up to these days?
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“Habeck Live” at the Berliner Ensemble: Folks, we need to talk!: Robert Habeck is now a presenter, Annalena Baerbock is in New York – Lindner and Scholz remain ...
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Olaf Scholz: These songs are to be played at the Tattoo.: Next Monday, outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be bid farewell with the Grand Tattoo ...
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Key FactsScholz's Farewell Songs: A Mix of Respect and Class
May 1, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- Olaf Scholz has chosen two pop songs and a classical piece for his farewell, including 'Respect' by Otis Redding and a work by Bach.
- His music selection reflects his serious character and contrasts with the wishes of his predecessor Angela Merkel.
- Scholz will be honored during the Grand Tattoo of the Bundeswehr, where three pieces of music are traditionally played.
- After his term, Scholz plans to focus intensively on his constituency and will not seek any supervisory board mandates.
He has been a very serious, conscientious, and also sober Chancellor.— Steffen Hebestreit about Olaf Scholz in a podcast of the news magazine 'Politico'.
Scholz and Baerbock in Potsdam: The fact check for the MAZ election talk 61: Has the traffic light coalition opposed irregular migration? Building in Germany is ...
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Dispute over Ukraine aid - Baerbock indirectly criticizes Scholz: "That hurts me"
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Scholz shows that he has nothing left: no ideas, no inspiration, no leadership: The government statement would have been the chancellor's opportunity to rise ...
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Baerbock and Scholz feel mighty important - the real deals are made by others: The German government, led by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock ...
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Germany ends asylum blockade in EU - Olaf Scholz puts his foot down: Germany will agree to the planned reform of the European asylum system: The Chancellor has ...
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Key FactsAsylum Law: Scholz Ends Blockade and Speaks Firmly
Sep 27, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: t-online.de
- Olaf Scholz speaks firmly in the dispute over EU asylum reform
- Planned reform of EU asylum law controversially discussed in Berlin
- Scholz supports ending the blockade
- Dispute over crisis regulation in the planned reform of GEAS
RTL/ntv trend barometer: AfD stays in second place, Merz loses: Approval for the AfD remains unbroken. There is also hardly anything moving in the RTL/ntv trend ...
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Key FactsAfD Holds Ground as Merz Support Declines
Aug 8, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- The AfD maintains second place with 21 percent in the RTL/ntv trend barometer despite controversial stances.
- The Union remains steady at 25 percent, while CDU leader Friedrich Merz’s approval has dropped three points since mid-July.
- The SPD and Greens hold steady at 17 and 15 percent respectively, with the FDP gaining one point to seven percent.
- A majority of 57 percent do not trust any party to solve Germany’s problems, with the Ukraine war cited as the top concern.
Russian gas and EU law high on agenda as Scholz visits Poland: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Warsaw on Sunday for talks on the Belarus migrant crisis ...
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No spades with police violence: Compulsory vaccination does not mean compulsory vaccination
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Key FactsScholz plans vaccine mandate without physical force
Dec 4, 2021 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- A vaccine mandate was not meant to involve physical force; sanctions for people refusing vaccination were a possible alternative.
- According to the RTL/ntv Trendbarometer, 71 percent of respondents surveyed by Forsa supported a vaccine mandate.
- Medical exemptions were envisaged; whether and to what extent children and teenagers would be included remained unresolved.
- Fines were discussed as a possible penalty; administrative law expert Joachim Wieland said imprisonment for non-payment was possible but constitutionally problematic.
With mandatory vaccination, the end of the pandemic is in our hands.— Thorsten Lehr, a pharmacy professor in Saarbrücken, said this last week on „RTL direkt“.
Federal election 2021 in the news update: Fridays for Future calls for a climate strike in more than 400 German cities
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Key FactsCandidates campaign on final election day
Sep 24, 2021 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: spiegel.de
- At their final rallies, Baerbock, Scholz and Laschet appealed to undecided voters on Friday.
- According to Fridays for Future, 620,000 people nationwide joined rallies in more than 400 cities and towns.
- The Higher Administrative Court in Münster upheld mask requirements at polling stations in North Rhine-Westphalia for Sunday.
- Federal Returning Officer Georg Thiel expected at least 40 percent postal voters, roughly double the 2017 figure.
This election is a climate election.— Annalena Baerbock, Green Party leader and chancellor candidate, said this at the Greens' closing rally in Düsseldorf; emphasized climate policy as central to the election.
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