Chancellor makes fiery appeal in parliament for opposition support ‘for the good of the country’
The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has called on opposition parties to support key legislation after last week losing his majority in parliament, urging them to prevent his country from becoming as polarised as the US.
“There is no democracy without compromises,” Scholz said in a speech to the lower house of parliament on Wednesday. “Let us, for the good of the country, work together until the new election,” he said in an unusually fiery appeal to members of the Bundestag.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/13/olaf-scholz-delivers-plea-for-german-unity-ahead-of-confidence-vote
Author : Staff and agencies in Berlin
Publish date : 2024-11-13 14:48:34
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