Even before the collapse of the German coalition Olaf Scholz he was convinced that he would be a natural candidate in the next elections German Social Democrats for the office of chancellor. He talked about it with great conviction to his closest colleagues, he says inside one of the people around him, ironizing that the chancellor is difficult to bring down.
With this conviction, Olaf Scholz also went to the G20 summit Brazilbut he will come back with completely different feelings.
Germany. Will Olaf Scholz lose his seat?
The belief is growing rapidly in his party that Scholz should be replaced with a stronger politician. These are no longer individual, insignificant social democrats, but influential party members from North Rhine-Westphalia, a strong region of the SPD.
It is true that Scholz still has the support of the party board, but the situation may change quickly because time is running outand the pressure from the political body is increasing. At the end of November, SPD wants to launch a campaign to promote their candidate for the head of the future government.
In social democratic circles there is even talk of a coupbecause with Olaf Scholz the SPD will lose in the elections scheduled for February 23 next year. This opinion is consistent with the latest survey, published by the “Bild” daily. In the ranking of the most popular German politicians, Olaf Scholz took last, 20th place. And it won't be difficult for the Social Democrats to name a new leader, because another member of the group turned out to be a politician Germany they have the greatest sympathy.
Olaf Scholz is losing support. Who will replace him?
It is with him that more and more party members want to go to victory. We're talking about Boris Pistorius – the current Minister of National Defense. He is an experienced local government official and an expert in the field of internal security and national defense. As head of the Ministry of Defense in recent months he showed great sensitivity as a manager. Unlike its predecessors, he quickly endeared himself to the Bundeswehr soldiersidentifying himself as one of them, even though he does not wear a uniform himself.
Boris Pistorius For now, he is diplomatic about the idea of ​​putting forward his candidacy. To put it bluntly, he does not want to stick a stick into an anthill and claims that he is a soldier in his party, and the SPD is putting Scholz in the elections as a candidate for the head of the future government. However, on Monday unexpectedly in Passau, during a panel organized by the Neue Passauer Presse publishing house, Pistorius did not rule out that the situation around him may change. Answering a question about the situation in the SPD, he said directly: “You can't rule out anything in politics.”
Everything seems to indicate that The chancellor is well aware of the growing tensions surrounding himself. After the G20 summit in Brazil, Olaf Scholz was supposed to visit Mexico, but the trip was canceled. The chancellor's office informed that the change of plans was due to the “current situation”.
Tomasz Lejman, Polsat News correspondent in Berlin for Interia