On December 8, the German Bundestag elected Schultz, a politician of the Social Democratic Party, as the next chancellor of Germany with 395 votes.
Germany welcomed a new Chancellor after Merkel was in power for 16 years.
Born in 1958, Scholtz was the mayor of Hamburg, the deputy chancellor of Germany and the minister of finance.
The picture shows that after Scholtz was elected, members of different political parties presented flowers to congratulate him.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
Release time: 2021-12-08 19:20:07 【Editor: Wang Yi】