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BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his predecessor Angela Merkel pose after Scholz gave Merkel a bouquet of flowers during a handover ceremony at the Chancellery yesterday. - AFP n

Scholz vows 'new beginning' as Merkel exits
BERLIN: (L-R) Designated Family Minister Anne Spiegel, Green party co-leader and designated Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck, party co-leader and designated German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, designated German Minister for Food and Agriculture Cem Ozdemir and designated Environment Minister Steffi Lemke announce the result of a ballot of Green members on whether to approve a coalition agreement with two other parties for a new German government in Berlin. - AFPnn

Scholz to take charge of Germany as Merkel era ends
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel walks into the Reichstag building to attend a session at the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, yesterday in Berlin, where the parliament is to examine proposed new COVID-related restrictions. - AFPnn

Political row snags German bid to tame COVID-19 surge
AACHEN: Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union CDU leader and candidate for chancellor Armin Laschet and his wife Susanne Laschet arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station in Aachen yesterday. - AFP n

A race wide open as Germany votes in post-Merkel election
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel plays with a handball given to her by the German Handball Federation's president (not in picture) as she received the German national handball team at the Chancellery in Berlin. - AFP n

Fears of hole in EU heart as 'Queen of Europe' departs
BERLIN: A defaced election campaign poster featuring Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader and candidate for Chancellor Armin Laschet reads: 'Shot dead for Germany' instead of 'Determined for Germany' in Berlin ahead of parliamentary elections on September 26. - AFP n

Armin Laschet: Comeback king after Merkel's crown
A combination picture show (from left) German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference during the handover of this year's final report of the National Standards Control Council and (right) French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a meeting of the 'U2P', French local businesses union, in Paris.-AFP n

End of 'Merkron': EU's power couple prepares to bow out
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier and Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union's (CDU) chancellor candidate Armin Laschet during a session at the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament yesterday. - AFP n

Merkel goes all out for Laschet as German party lags in polls
AHLEN, Germany: In this file photo taken on August 13, 2020 SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz listens during his visit with a citizen dialogue at an old coal mine in Ahlen, western Germany.-AFPn

Scholz: Safe pair of hands who wants Merkel's job
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