In the middle of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Olaf Scholz took over as chancellor in Berlin. In an interview with Die Welt editor-in-chief Philipp Burgard, the first since taking office, the Social Democrat expressed confidence that German society was not divided but, on the contrary, cohesive. That is why Scholz is adamant that the controversy over compulsory vaccination will not divide the country.
Scholz described his election as a "great democratic mission." What is most important in governance is a clear idea of what you want - it has nothing to do with visions, says the new German Chancellor.
Asked whether a common compulsory vaccination against coronavirus would divide the country, Scholz said: "Society is not divided." He pointed out that "the majority of citizens" have been vaccinated. "We have a high vaccination rate," Scholz said, adding that it was simply not high enough.
It is recalled that Angela Merkel explicitly thanked Scholz for her cooperation, especially in the last phase of her term: "The real gesture has been good cooperation in recent years and again after the federal elections." It is indeed something very special that she is the first head of government in Germany since 1949 to "leave the post voluntarily and alone". This is something "we as a country can be proud of," Scholz said. He also thanked Merkel for "working so closely together, even now, in the transition phase."
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