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) Olaf Scholz should be elected chancellor," RIA Novosti quoted Klingbeil as saying.

He also added that a coalition agreement of three parties is expected by the end of November: the SPD, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party of Germany.

Earlier, the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party of Germany agreed to start coalition talks to form a cabinet.