German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius instructed members of the ruling Social Democrats that he wouldn’t run as chancellor candidate for the social gathering in February’s snap election, clearing the way in which for Chancellor Olaf Scholz to run for a second time period.
“I’ve simply knowledgeable our social gathering and parliamentary group leaders that I cannot be standing as a candidate for the workplace of federal chancellor,” he mentioned in a video posted to SPD social channels. “That is my sovereign, private and fully private choice.”
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