Angela Merkel will bring her likely successor as German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, along with to bilateral meetings on the fringe of this weekend’s G20 summit, in a “historic” gesture to emphasize the continuity between the outgoing and incoming governments.
The Guardian: Merkel to bring likely successor Scholz to G20 meetings
German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves to an acquaintance as she arrives in the plenary hall for a session at the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament, in Berlin on Sept. 7, 2021, the last one before general elections on Sept. 26, 2021.