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Social Democratic Party, SPD, chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz, center, gestures as he stands with the Social Democratic party's Norbert Walter-Borjans, left, the Green party leaders Annalena Baerbock, second left, and Robert Habeck, third left, the Free Democratic Party chairman Christian Lindner, second right and Volker Wissing, right, as they arrive for a joint news conference in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. After weeks of negotiations the leaders of the three parties present a coalition contract for a new German government. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)