After more than 16 years in power, the Christian-Democrat Angela Merkel stepped down, and her party joined the opposition. A new chapter is now opening in the German and European politics, with the Social-Democrat Olaf Scholz as chancellor. He is Germany s 9th post-war chancellor, and his cabinet has been formed by an unprecedented coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals. What unites them, they say, is the determination to modernize Germany while maintaining the country s stability. World leaders have welcomed the appointment of Scholz, a former finance minister and Angela Merkel s vice-chancellor, who promised a new beginning, and expressed hope that his term would ensure a closer cooperation and in some cases more transparency.What will be the biggest challenge for Olaf Scholz? There are two, says university professor Dan Dungaciu, director of the Institute of Political Science and International Relations of the Romanian Academy.The first is to keep all three balls i
Dan Dungaciu a vorbit, pentru DCNews, despre modul în care capturarea Afghanistanului de insurgenții islamiști va afecta regiunea, dar și lumea occidentală.