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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, followed by German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck, leave following a press conference on the 2025 budget, in Berlin, Friday, July 5, 2024. The coalition parties have agreed on a draft budget. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German government averts crisis with budget agreement for Europe’s largest economy

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands during a press conference at the German government guest house in Meseberg, north of Berlin, Germany, on May 28, 2024. The German government has expressed concern about a possible victory of the far-right National Rally in France. Chancellor Scholz and many ordinary Germans fears that if the the nationalist French party gets elected on Sunday, it would no longer support the close and unique relationship between the two countries that was carefully built over decades since the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Germany fears a victory for the far-right National Rally could harm its close relations with France

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The highway entrance to the A620 in Saarbrücken is flooded as heavy continuous rain has caused multiple floods and landslides in Saarland, western Germany, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Laszlo Pinter/dpa via AP)

The German chancellor tours flooded regions in the southwest in a show of solidarity

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left and Minister President Anke Rehlinger speak to local residents as they visit Kleinblittersdorf, Germany, which was hit by flooding, Saturday, May 18, 2024. Scholz has toured flooded regions in the southwest, where rivers have swelled and caused flash floods and landslides after heavy rain and severe weather. (Harald Tittel/dpa via AP)

The German chancellor tours flooded regions in the southwest in a show of solidarity

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FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, second from left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, second from right, walk together in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the war in Ukraine. Second, a reduction in the trade imbalance. It’s not clear if it will get very far on either front. (Ding Haitao/Xinhua via AP, File)

Europe wants 2 things from China. It may not get far on either of them.

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, visits German company Covestro's Asia-Pacific Innovation Center in Shanghai, Monday, April 15, 2024. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for fair competition in trade relations with China while warning about dumping and overproduction while speaking to students in Shanghai on Monday. (Fang Zhe/Xinhua via AP)

On visit to China, the German chancellor says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens global security

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gestures as he arrives at the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, on April 6, 2024. Scholz arrived in China on Sunday, April 14, 2024 on a visit focused on the increasingly tense economic relationship between the sides and differences over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Germany’s Scholz arrives in China on a visit marked by trade tensions and Ukraine conflict

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholzarrives at the St. Damaso courtyard ahead of his private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Germany investigates a purported recording leaked by Russia of officers discussing aid to Ukraine

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In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a Taurus missile flies during a drill off the country's western coast in South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has emphasized his reluctance to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, pointing to a risk of his country becoming directly involved in the war. Germany is now the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States and is stepping up aid to Kyiv.(South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

Germany’s Olaf Scholz explains reluctance to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during his end-of-the-year news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 19, 2023. Zelenskyy is expected to sign bilateral security agreements with Germany and France on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, as Kyiv works to shore up Western support nearly two years after Russia launched its full-scale war. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy will sign security agreements with Germany, France as Kyiv shores up support

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Bundesregierung, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pose for a selfie on X, formerly Twitter, on Oct. 8, 2024. Both were seeing double when they met in Washington, D.C., this week and went on social media to share their mirror image with the world. (Bundesregierung via AP)

U.S. Sen. Coons and German Chancellor Scholz see double at Washington meeting

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President Joe Biden, right, crosses his fingers in response to a comment from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden calls GOP holdup of Ukraine aid ‘close to criminal neglect’ as he meets with Germany’s Scholz

By Aamer Madhani, Seung Min Kim and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for the cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Biden and Germany’s Scholz will meet in D.C. as U.S. and E.U. aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance

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The last light of the day was reflected on the wet concrete slabs of the Holocaust Memorial at the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz - Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Remembering the horrors of Auschwitz, German chancellor warns of antisemitism, threats to democracy

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

General view of the plenary chamber in the Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. The German parliament on Thursday approved legislation that is intended to ease deportations of unsuccessful asylum-seekers as Chancellor Olaf Scholz seeks to defuse migration as a political problem. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German parliament approves legislation easing deportations of rejected asylum seekers

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People stand on the Alter Markt square during the "Potsdam defends itself" demonstrations in Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Thousands of people gathered in Germany Sunday for demonstrations against the far right, among them Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his foreign minister, following a report that extremists recently met to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants and others if they took power. (Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa via AP)

Demonstrations against the far right held in Germany following a report on a deportation meeting

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Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes a government statement in the Bundestag, Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is calling for calm and a readiness to accept compromises as the country faces protests by farmers angry about a plan to cut their fuel subsidies. He warned Saturday of a danger from extremists stoking rage against a backdrop of wider discontent. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP, File)

Germany’s Scholz warns of extremists stoking rage as farmers protest and discontent is high

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, talks to rescue workers from the German Life Saving Association during his visit to the flood area at the confluence of the Weser and Aller rivers, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Chancellor Olaf Scholz took a sightseeing flight in an air force helicopter to gain an impression of the flood situation in the north of Lower Saxony. (Philipp Schulze/dpa via AP)

German chancellor tours flooded regions in the northwest, praises authorities and volunteers

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz poses for photographs during the recording of his New Year's speech at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz uses his New Year’s speech to convey confidence

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Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses a media conference at the conclusion of an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. European Union leaders concluded a second day of meetings on Friday in which they discussed, among other issues, the situation in Gaza. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tests positive for COVID, visit by new Slovak leader canceled

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