{"id":1101752,"date":"2021-12-09T08:44:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1101752"},"modified":"2021-12-09T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:44:24","slug":"olaf-scholz-becomes-german-chancellor-promises-harsher-covid-response-as-angela-merkels-16-year-reign-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olaf-scholz-becomes-german-chancellor-promises-harsher-covid-response-as-angela-merkels-16-year-reign-concludes\/","title":{"rendered":"Olaf Scholz Becomes German Chancellor, Promises Harsher COVID Response As Angela Merkel\u2019s 16-Year Reign Concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-becomes-german-chancellor-promises-harsher-covid-response-as-angela-merkels-16-year-reign-concludes%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=1101752&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--><p>Olaf Scholz was selected as Chancellor of Germany on Wednesday, marking the end of Angela Merkel\u2019s 16-year career as the nation\u2019s head of government.<\/p>\n<p>During her decade and a half in office, Merkel led Germany and the European Union through the 2008 recession, multiple currency and migrant crises, and COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/pre-written-olaf-scholz-sworn-in-as-german-chancellor\/\">Politico<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p>Scholz, who led the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) to a narrow victory in September\u2019s general election, will govern in a three-party coalition with the environmentalist Greens and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP). Such an alliance has never run Germany before.<\/p>\n<p>With a coalition pact having been sealed between the parties, Scholz was comfortably elected chancellor by the German parliament on Wednesday morning. In a secret ballot, a total of 395 MPs supported him, while 303 voted against his nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s new government will pursue \u201csocial justice,\u201d cut carbon emissions, and maintain fiscal discipline, according to the outlet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Merkel\u2019s decision to step down from her position marks an inflection point in German politics, leaving a power gap in both her nation and Europe as a whole:<\/p>\n<p>Merkel, who emerged as Europe\u2019s pre-eminent leader through multiple crises in her decade and a half in power, did not run for reelection, and her center-right Christian Democrats are now looking for a new chief and contemplating life as the country\u2019s main opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Although he is from a different party, Scholz has presented himself as Merkel\u2019s natural successor, at least in terms of style, playing up his reputation as a low-key pragmatist. And he stressed that message again in a handover ceremony with Merkel at the chancellery on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Politico adds that Scholz\u2019s government \u201chas made clear it is ready to take tougher measures to tackle the pandemic.\u201d Indeed, Scholz and Merkel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/germany-announces-lockdown-for-unvaccinated-people\">unveiled<\/a> a new lockdown for unvaccinated citizens last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have understood that the situation is very serious and that we want to take further measures in addition to those already taken,\u201d Merkel said during a press conference. \u201cThe fourth wave must be broken and this has not yet been achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Days earlier, Germany\u2019s health minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/youll-be-vaccinated-recovered-or-dead-germanys-health-minister-warns\">warned<\/a> the nation\u2019s citizens that they will either be \u201cvaccinated, recovered or dead\u201d by the end of the winter. With 68% of people fully vaccinated, Germany has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe; meanwhile, its infection rate is among the highest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from earlier this year indicated that Germany planned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/germany-to-hold-quarantine-breakers-in-refugee-camps-detention-centers-reports\">hold<\/a> citizens refusing to comply with lockdown rules in detention centers. Policymakers in the state of Saxony \u2014 which includes Leipzig and Dresden \u2014 approved plans to hold quarantine-breakers in an enclosed area of a refugee camp. Brandenburg also intended to use a refugee camp to hold quarantine breakers, while repeat offenders in Schleswig-Holstein would be held in a juvenile detention center.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly two years, protests have routinely broken out in Germany, Italy, Austria, France, the United Kingdom, and other European countries in reaction to harsh COVID-19 lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olaf Scholz was selected as Chancellor of Germany on Wednesday, marking the end of Angela Merkel\u2019s 16-year career as the nation\u2019s head of government.During her decade and a half in office, Merkel led Germany and the European Union through the 2008 recession, multiple currency and migrant crises, and COVID-19.Politico reported:Scholz, who led the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) to a narrow victory in September\u2019s general election, will govern in a three-party coalition with the environmentalist Greens and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP). Such an alliance has never run Germany before.With a coalition pact having been sealed between the parties, Scholz was comfortably elected chancellor by the German parliament on Wednesday morning. In a secret ballot, a total of 395 MPs supported him, while 303 voted against his nomination.Germany\u2019s new government will pursue \u201csocial justice,\u201d cut carbon emissions, and maintain fiscal discipline, according to the outlet.\u00a0Merkel\u2019s decision to step down from her position marks an inflection point in German politics, leaving a power gap in both her nation and Europe as a whole:Merkel, who emerged as Europe\u2019s pre-eminent leader through multiple crises in her decade and a half in power, did not run for reelection, and her center-right Christian Democrats are now looking for a new chief and contemplating life as the country\u2019s main opposition.Although he is from a different party, Scholz has presented himself as Merkel\u2019s natural successor, at least in terms of style, playing up his reputation as a low-key pragmatist. And he stressed that message again in a handover ceremony with Merkel at the chancellery on Wednesday afternoon.Politico adds that Scholz\u2019s government \u201chas made clear it is ready to take tougher measures to tackle the pandemic.\u201d Indeed, Scholz and Merkel unveiled a new lockdown for unvaccinated citizens last week.\u00a0\u201cWe have understood that the situation is very serious and that we want to take further measures in addition to those already taken,\u201d Merkel said during a press conference. \u201cThe fourth wave must be broken and this has not yet been achieved.\u201dDays earlier, Germany\u2019s health minister warned the nation\u2019s citizens that they will either be \u201cvaccinated, recovered or dead\u201d by the end of the winter. With 68% of people fully vaccinated, Germany has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Europe; meanwhile, its infection rate is among the highest in the world.Reports from earlier this year indicated that Germany planned to hold citizens refusing to comply with lockdown rules in detention centers. Policymakers in the state of Saxony \u2014 which includes Leipzig and Dresden \u2014 approved plans to hold quarantine-breakers in an enclosed area of a refugee camp. Brandenburg also intended to use a refugee camp to hold quarantine breakers, while repeat offenders in Schleswig-Holstein would be held in a juvenile detention center.For nearly two years, protests have routinely broken out in Germany, Italy, Austria, France, the United Kingdom, and other European countries in reaction to harsh COVID-19 lockdowns.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1101752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1101752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1101752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1101752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1101752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}