Germany: Olaf Salts and Official Chancellor

He is officially its chancellor candidate , as confirmed today (11.01.2025) by the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Olaf Salts, will make himself available to the Germans in the February 23 election, with the support of almost all 600 delegates attending the party’s election and programming conference in Berlin. CORVERSE Mr Salts had previously spoken of a “damn serious” world situation, stressed that Germany is at a crossroads and warned voters that, “if we take the wrong turn, we will wake up the next day in a different country and that must not happen.” Speaking to the participants Olaf Solz described the SPD as a party of “normal” people and repeatedly noted that the forthcoming elections are a “direction decision” for Germany. “The global situation is damn serious and in this context the government is required to be careful, clear and experienced,” the chancellor said and spoke of “anxious developments”, referring to the war in Ukraine, the rise of far-right and populist forces in many countries such as Austria, but also to forces in the US, which, as he said “work too targeted to destroy the democratic institutions of the West. CORVERSE Regarding the recent statements by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Olaf Solz reiterated that “the inviolability of borders applies to each country and this principle must respect every state either small or very large and powerful.” With the look in Ukraine he mentioned Russia’s “molecular offensive war” and added that “if the (Blantimir) Putin manages to change borders by force, then Europe’s security as a whole will be in great danger. ” Conferences unanimously approved the SPD’s electoral programme, under the heading “More about you. Better for Germany, where, among other things, tax relief is provided for 95% of the population and an increased burden of 1% of taxpayers, the reduction in pensions, subsidies for companies investing in the ‘Made in Germany’ and continued support in Ukraine – ‘without this happening at the expense of other investments in Germany’ and without leading to an escalation of the conflict.