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Olaf Scholz’s government takes office with high hopes of modernising the European Union’s most populous nation and combating climate change.

Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a farewell plea to Germans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to help turn the tide on a fourth wave of cases that she said had become "dramatic" in parts of the country.

Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has made a farewell plea to Germans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to help turn the tide on a fourth wave of cases that she said had become "dramatic" in parts of the country.

Merkel, who has served as German chancellor for 16 years, attended a military farewell ceremony in her honor on Thursday.

For once, proverbially efficient Germany has dropped the ball. Seemingly endless queues all over the country for coronavirus booster shots and even for first vaccines are evidence that it has been caught out by a fourth wave of COVID-19,

Angela Merkel’s soon-to-be successor, Olaf Scholz, ensured that all parties could claim enough of a victory to get the deal done.

The centre-left Social Democrats, the Greens and the free-market FDP are prioritising fiscal discipline and climate ambition, including a 2030 exit from coal.

The three-party coalition agreement is a departure from Ms Merkel's conservative-led government's agenda, with a push towards renewable energy and a plan to phase out coal by 2030.

The three parties negotiating to form Germany's next government are set to finalise and present their coalition agreement, paving the way for centre-left leader Olaf Scholz to replace longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel in the coming weeks.

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has moved closer to becoming German chancellor after agreeing on a coalition deal to modernise Europe's largest economy.