An investiture at a run. As the fourth wave sweeps over Germany, hearts are not quite happy. There is no question for the new chancellor and his ministers to waste such precious time in an endless ceremony. At 10:20 a.m., 369 deputies out of the 736 in the new Bundestag elected by a very clear majority Olaf Scholz, 63, the post-war fourth Social Democratic chancellor. Thunderous applause and standing ovation under the glass dome of the Reichstag. Olaf Scholz takes off his black mask to respond with a sober “Ja!” To the President of Parliament, who asks him if he accepts the result of this vote.
The leaders of the different parties, bouquets of flowers in hand, line up to congratulate the new chancellor. Armin Laschet, s …
