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Scholz announced that an epidemiologist who has been a prominent voice of caution on coronavirus will be Germany’s new health minister.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has exclaimed “thank goodness we left” the EU in response to reports that the head of the bloc, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen saying mandatory vaccination should be considered, while countries like Greece are threatening to fine senior citizens for every month they go unvaccinated.

Angela Merkel has announced a de facto lockdown of the unvaccinated, and that Germany’s parliament will soon vote on making vaccination mandatory.

Incoming German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he will push for a vaccine mandate and blamed the unvaccinated for the surge in cases.

The incoming German leftist coalition government is set to increase immigration by increasing family member chain migration.

A poll has found that the majority of Germans are in favour of making vaccination against the Chinese coronavirus compulsory.

The likely successor to Angela Merkel, Olaf Sholz has stated that he is open to the idea of mandatory vaccinations in Germany.

Berlin’s Constitutional Court announced that it will be reviewing last month’s election results, amid widespread reports of irregularities.

Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc sought to win over the environmentalist Greens for a possible coalition on Tuesday.

The two parties that are expected to determine who will become Germany’s next chancellor have started talks.

“…we will be very fast in getting a result for this government, and it should be before Christmas if possible,” Scholz told reporters.

Exit polls released after polls closed in the German Federal election revealed a neck-and-neck race between the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with their Bavarian allies and the left-wing Social Democrats (SPD).

German voters are heading to the polls in what could be a major political shift in Germany and Europe as the era of Angela Merkel’s reign as Chancellor ends after nearly 16 years in power.

BERLIN (AP) – German voters are choosing a new parliament in an election that will determine who succeeds Chancellor Angela Merkel after her 16 years at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy.

The frontrunner in the race to replace Angela Merkel, the SPD’s Olaf Scholz refused to rule out forming a government with the radical left.

Angela Merkel’s political party has fallen behind the Social Democrats for the first time in 15 years, as her potential successor falters.

The left-wing candidate to replace Angela Merkel when she steps down as chancellor of Germany has said he backs the formation of an EU army.