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Olaf Scholz, SPD candidate for Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance, is pictured in an elevator, according to a statement following exploratory talks between the SPD, FDP and The Greens on forming a new federal government after the Bundestag elections in Berlin, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. After the parliamentary elections on September 26, the leaders of the three parties announced that they would recommend coalition talks for a new German government. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)