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Social Democratic Party, SPD, chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz, center, arrives with Saskia Esken, right, the Green party leaders Annalena Baerbock, left, and Robert Habeck, second left, the Free Democratic Party chairman Christian Lindner, third right and Volker Wissing, second right, 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)