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Designated German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walks through the plenary hall during a session of the parliament Bundestag about the policy to battle the coronavirus pandemic in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. A coalition of the Social Democratic Party, SPD, and the Free Democratic Party, FDP, will elect Olaf Scholz as new German Chancellor on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)