F.For Olaf Scholz everything is going according to plan. On Saturday, the party officials approved the coalition agreements made with the Greens and the FDP. 98.8 percent for the contract. And for him, Scholz. This Monday he presented his candidates for the ministries in the Willy Brandt House. Until the last minute he had managed to keep their names secret. On Wednesday, Scholz wants to be elected Chancellor and immediately afterwards present his cabinet to the Federal President.
The special party conference of the SPD on Saturday was no longer a major hurdle on the Hamburg lawyer and politician’s long journey. He has been secure in his cause since his unruly party proclaimed him a candidate for chancellor last August. The traditional party, which had defended itself against him for so long, gathered behind him in the end, united as seldom.
Digital delegates send little hearts from their computers at home to the screens of SPD television. So it is raining pink hearts when Scholz turns again to the meeting of the Social Democrats, which has just approved the coalition agreement. Others might now hold a speech of thanks, stir things up, be touched themselves. But Scholz likes it when he can give the short-spoken Hanseatic people. And that’s why he only says one sentence: “Yes, and now let’s get down to work.” Cheers from the officials, pink hearts on the screens. This unity was, as the Union had to admit in pain at the end of September, an element of his electoral success.
Scholz was prepared
In the coalition negotiations, Scholz had spread an atmosphere of hard work and friendship since the beginning of October. The SPD grandees and the FDP, initially hesitant, took part. In the end, even Esken and Lindner seemed to like each other, Christian and Saskia. Scholz was prepared for the coalition negotiations. For about twenty years, actually. From the confidential discussions it is reported in awe of how the leaders of the Greens and the FDP each invited three experts to the individual expert rounds.
The SPD, however, always negotiated with the same quintet, experts were not necessary – Scholz knew everything, at least almost. His mixture of good preparation, formulation skills and willingness to compromise amazed even those who thought they knew him. Both Malu Dreyer, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate and who has been in business with him for years, said on Saturday with full appreciation that she got to know Scholz again during the negotiations. Lindner publicly admired the “inner framework”, that is, the attitude and sovereignty with which Scholz led the talks about a coalition.
Of course, not everyone in the SPD intended to help Scholz become chancellor. Especially not in a coalition with the “yellow zeros”, as they were called by the Jusos. In other words, the FDP politicians whom Olaf Scholz now calls “partners and friends” and who for many Jusos are the epitome of what is opposed. Or were. Now they are grating licorice, slightly poisoned. At the party congress, Juso chairwoman Jessica Rosenthal expressed the hope that the FDP would one day commit to redistribution. Kevin Kühnert, for years the left spokesman for Groko and Scholz opponents, whispered: “That feels good, that feels right.” Next week “Olaf” will be elected Chancellor, hurray.
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