FILE -Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), left, and Friedrich Merz, right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), are pictured in tv studio ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 19, 2025. (Fabrizio Bensch/Pool Photo via AP, File)Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, arrives at the last expected cabinet meeting of his government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at the last expected cabinet meeting of his government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at the last expected cabinet meeting of his government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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FILE -Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), left, and Friedrich Merz, right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), are pictured in tv studio ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 19, 2025. (Fabrizio Bensch/Pool Photo via AP, File)
