Chancellor of Germany from December 2021 to early 2025, leading a three-party 'traffic light' coalition of the SPD, Greens, and FDP. Previously served as Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor under Angela Merkel, and as Mayor of Hamburg. A lawyer by training, he is a longtime figure in the center-left Social Democratic Party.
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Olaf Scholz
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Public positions Olaf Scholz has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- NATO and U.S. alliances"Reaffirmed Germany's commitment to NATO and pushed allies to meet the 2% defense target"
- Trade with China"Pursued cautious de-risking from China while preserving German export ties"
- U.S. climate policy"Backed phasing out coal and expanding renewables while navigating the post-Russian-gas energy shock"
- U.S. support for Ukraine"Announced the Zeitenwende, raising defense spending and authorizing weapons transfers to Ukraine"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.