{"id":1097809,"date":"2021-12-08T09:28:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1097809"},"modified":"2021-12-08T09:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:28:38","slug":"olaf-scholz-elected-chancellor-of-germany-ending-16-years-of-merkel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olaf-scholz-elected-chancellor-of-germany-ending-16-years-of-merkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Olaf Scholz Elected Chancellor of Germany, Ending 16 Years of Merkel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Folaf-scholz-elected-chancellor-of-germany-ending-16-years-of-merkel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1097809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237088648-e1638964226472-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Social Democratic Party\u2019s Olaf Scholz has been elected Chancellor of Germany, marking the end of Angela Merkel\u2019s 16-year reign.<\/p>\n<p>Olaf Scholz, who was elected Chancellor of Germany on Wednesday, will lead a so-called \u201cTraffic Light\u201d coalition of left-wing parties, the&nbsp;Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, red), the Green Party, and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP, yellow).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The SPD-led coalition replaces Merkel\u2019s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led government, finally putting an end to her 16 years in power.<\/p>\n<p>In a vote in the German Bundestag, Scholz received 395 votes to be elected to the position, having required 369, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/bundestag-hat-olaf-scholz-zum-neuen-bundeskanzler-gew%C3%A4hlt\/a-60053004\">report<\/a> by <em>Deutsche Welle<\/em>.&nbsp;Merkel watched the vote from the visitor\u2019s stands, the former chancellor no longer a member of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Merkel\u2019s nominally centre-right chancellorship was often extremely controversial, being an ever-present figure during the 2008 economic crash, as well as the bailouts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2015\/07\/07\/europe-to-greece-take-our-deal-or-leave-the-euro\/\">Greece<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2010\/11\/29\/Ireland-Bailout-Fails-to-Calm-Markets\/\">Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Merkel also presided over a regime defined by the censorship of so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/11\/30\/freedom-expression-has-its-limits-merkel-rails-against-free-speech\/\">hate speech<\/a>\u201c, with her government making measures to force internet service providers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/12\/21\/germany-to-force-internet-providers-to-hand-over-data-of-those-accused-of-hate-speech\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social\">hand over<\/a> data and passwords of those engaging in hate speech online.<\/p>\n<p>The chancellor herself was no fan of freedom of speech, keen to emphasise its limits to the German parliament, saying in late 2019 that \u201cexpressing an opinion does not come at zero cost!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her involvement in the COVID crisis has also become a central point of controversy. The chancellor pushed for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/02\/merkel-announces-restrictions-on-unvaccinated-vote-on-making-jabs-compulsory\/\">forced vaccination<\/a> very late in her term, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/19\/austria-unvaccinated-could-face-prison-as-country-locks-down-and-announces-vaccine-mandate\/\">despite<\/a> a similar regime being put in place in Austria being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/15\/corona-apartheid-austria-imposes-stay-at-home-lockdown-unvaccinated\/\">labelled<\/a> \u201cCorona Apartheid\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5316455696203\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Merkel Announces Restrictions on Unvaccinated, Vote on Making Jabs Compulsory <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rsS1N8hqkN\">https:\/\/t.co\/rsS1N8hqkN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1466459649247432709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Merkel\u2019s legacy however will no doubt be that of mass migration, when in the summer of 2015, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2015\/09\/07\/germanys-chancellor-merkel-sending-wrong-signal-to-europe-on-migrants\/\">invited<\/a> migrants to come to Germany, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/merkel-germany-refugees\/a-54769229\">almost<\/a> one million arriving, mostly from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The architect of the European Migrant Crisis, Merkel\u2019s policy towards migrants was even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2016\/06\/29\/soros-backtracks-brexit-mass-migration-disruptive-merkel-wrong\/\">criticised<\/a> by open borders advocate George Soros for being too lax.<\/p>\n<p>Merkel\u2019s open-borders approach to dealing with the crisis preceded a spike in terrorism, with anti-vehicle barriers quickly becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2017\/11\/25\/merkels-gift-europe-anti-terror-barriers-lovingly-wrapped-christmas\/\">a feature<\/a> within European cities in response to attacks, notably the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2016\/12\/23\/merkel-ally-christmas-market-attack-suspect-not-germany-first-place\/\">&nbsp;terror attack<\/a> in 2016 by bogus Tunisian asylum seeker and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2016\/12\/23\/islamic-state-releases-video-berlin-jihadi-swearing-allegiance\/\">Islamist<\/a> Anis Amri, who mowed a stolen lorry through on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2016\/12\/19\/one-dead-lorry-plows-berlin-christmas-market\/\">Berlin Christmas<\/a> market, leaving 13 dead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Germany itself suffered badly over Merkel\u2019s policy, with over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2016\/12\/15\/cologne-one-year-arrests-fewer-convictions\/\">1,300 women<\/a> claiming to be victims of the mass sex attacks which occurred on New Year\u2019s Eve in Cologne in 2015 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/new-years-eve-in-cologne-5-years-after-the-mass-assaults\/a-56073007\">men<\/a> of North African and Arabic backgrounds. Deutsche Welle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/new-years-eve-in-cologne-5-years-after-the-mass-assaults\/a-56073007\">admitted<\/a> last year that the German media and police had been accused of being reluctant to report on the citizenship of the suspects. While other reports during Merkel\u2019s leadership claimed that the Interior Ministry had advised police in other parts of Germany to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/03\/13\/german-police-conceal-migrant-crimes\/\">conceal<\/a>&nbsp;details of migrant involvement in crime as it could \u201cstir up prejudice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the widespread negative effects of her work on the crisis, Merkel has not expressed regret over her policy choices, saying during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/08\/30\/five-years-after-2015-migrant-crisis-merkel-tells-press-i-would-do-it-again\/\">interview<\/a> last year that she would \u201cmake essentially the same decisions\u201d if she had to do it all again.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8775510204082\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New German Chancellor Will Push for Mandatory Vaccinations for All <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4m9EqdeaZX\">https:\/\/t.co\/4m9EqdeaZX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1465993865979179009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>While there is no doubt that many are glad to see the last of Chancellor Merkel, for Germany, and indeed Europe, the start of this new era may be a case of stepping out of the frying pan and into the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Even before Chancellor Scholz\u2019s election to his new position, he has already been involved in expanding lockdown measures in Germany, he himself being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/01\/merkel-successor-sholz-pushes-mandatory-vaccinations-for-germans\/\">in favour<\/a> of mandatory vaccination against the Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz is also a committed Eurofederalist, coming out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/03\/29\/germany-left-wing-candidate-to-replace-merkel-backs-eu-army\/\">in favour<\/a> of an EU army, calling it a \u201cpart of the idea of \u200b\u200bEuropean sovereignty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The SPD leader is also set to lead a coalition with a strong commitment to climate extremism, lockdowns, and Eurofederalism, as set out by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spd.de\/fileadmin\/Dokumente\/Koalitionsvertrag\/Koalitionsvertrag_2021-2025.pdf\">177-page<\/a> agreement between the three parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the new government is set to pursue what has been dubbed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/29\/germany-incoming-leftist-coalition-govt-to-push-for-an-eu-superstate\/\">United States of Europe<\/a>, through the creation of an EU superstate.<\/p>\n<p>The government has agreed to pursue the \u201cnecessary treaty changes\u201d needed to \u201clead developments to a European federal state\u201d, and has put Green Party head Annalena Baerbock at the helm of the project.<\/p>\n<p>The lockdown-loving&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/06\/new-german-government-taps-lockdown-loving-lawmaker-as-new-health-minister\/\">Karl Lauterbach,<\/a> meanwhile, is to be the health minister of the new government. While lacking experience, the epidemiologist has championed strict measures since the early days of the COVID crisis and continues to support stringent measures in order to lower numbers in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democratic Party\u2019s Olaf Scholz has been elected Chancellor of Germany, marking the end of Angela Merkel\u2019s 16-year reign. 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