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Newsday: 08/12/2021 06:06 GMT : Germany's new Chancellor to be sworn in

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08/12/2021 06:06 GMT 

08/12/2021 06:06 GMT : Germany's new Chancellor to be sworn in

Germany's new Chancellor to be sworn in

BBC World Service - Newsday, Germany's new Chancellor to be sworn in

Olaf Scholz replaces Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after 16 years in power

Members of the lower house of the Bundestag are to hold a ballot to approve him and his ministers.

We're live in Germany where Olaf Scholz, of the centre- left Social Democrats, today becomes the country's ninth post-war Federal Chancellor.

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