“I focus on becoming chancellor”
(ANSA) – BERLIN, OCTOBER 29 – Olaf Scholz, the probable successor of Angela Merkel, does not intend to run for the leadership of the SPD. He made it clear to reporters in Rome, following the announcement by Manfred Walter-Borjans that he did not want to return for the race for the presidency of the party at the December congress. “We are good friends, we worked closely together to make the SPD successful in the elections. And we did. A result we continue to be happy and satisfied with.” “It is clear that I intend to focus on what the citizens elected me for, and therefore to become chancellor,” he added. Meanwhile, Berlin is already trying to imagine who could be the next Social Democratic leader. Among the names already circulated that of the young Kevin Kuehnert and that of the secretary general Lars Klingbeil. (HANDLE).