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(L-R) Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner, the Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the co-leaders of Germany's Greens (Die Gruenen) party Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck attend a press conference on November 24, 2021 at Westhafen center in Berlin, to present their deal for their post-Merkel government after a final session of coalition talks. - Two months after the SPD beat Angela Merkel's conservative CDU-CSU coalition in a general election, its negotiators put the finishing touches on the deal with the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and liberal Free Democrats (FDP) that will install outgoing Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD), 63, as chancellor. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)