The German Bundestag will elect a new chancellor on Wednesday, December 8, the Information Service of the German Parliament announced today. transmits Local Germany.

After the "traffic light" coalition reached an agreement on the formation of a new German government, Angela Merkel in the middle and will be officially replaced by the Social Democrat Olaf Scholz, the current Minister of Finance.

The invitation for a formal session of parliament was sent for next Wednesday, December 8, and thus revealed when the new chancellor will be elected.

With Merkel's departure, her Christian Democratic Union / Christian Social Union (CDU / CSU) coalition is also leaving the government, as the new government will consist of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Greens and the Liberal Democratic Party (FDP). .

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