Germany's finance minister run for chancellor in 2021 vote

Germany's center-left Social Democratic Party plans to name Finance Minister Olaf Scholz as its candidate to become chancellor in the country's national election next year. Party co-leader Saskia Esken said Monday on Twitter that the decision “represents an unexpected twist for some” but asked for members' trust going forward. Scholz, 62, who is considered to be on the right of the Social Democrats, will face a candidate yet to be named by Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Union bloc.

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