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President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands after delivering joint statements to the press at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Biden says Western allies must keep aiding Ukraine as he meets European partners before election

By Josh Boak and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers his speech as he attends The European House Ambrosetti (TEHA) economic forum in Cernobbio, Como Lake, Italy, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

German Chancellor Scholz calls for faster progress toward ending Russia’s war on Ukraine

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Björn Höcke, party and parliamentary group leader of the AfD in Thuringia and top candidate, leaves the AfD election party in Erfurt, Germany, Monday Sept. 2, 2024. (Daniel Vogl/dpa via AP)

Far-right success in German votes piles new pressure on Scholz’s government

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, speaks on an election campaign rally of the party for upcoming state elections in Suhl, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. In the federal state Thuringia, in former East Germany, the citizens are called to vote for a new state parliament on Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A German far-right party leads exit polls in one state election and is roughly level in another

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz lays a flower at a church, near the scene of a knife attack, in Solingen, Germany, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP)

German leader vows tougher knife laws and more deportations after fatal attack in Solingen

By Daniel Niemann and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

The Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court, from left, Holger Wöckel, Thomas Offenloch, Christine Langenfeld, Astrid Wallrabenstein, Doris König (Chairwoman), Ulrich Maidowski, Rhona Fetzer and Peter Frank, announces the ruling on the electoral law reform of the traffic light coalition, in Karlsruhe, Germany, Tuesady, July 30, 2024. Germany's highest court on Tuesday upheld part of an electoral reform designed to downsize the country's increasingly bloated parliament, but overturned a planned change that two opposition parties feared could cost them their chance to send lawmakers to Berlin. (Uli Deck/dpa via AP)

Top German court faults part of a plan to solve the country’s problem of too many lawmakers

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands during a press conference at the German government guest house in Meseberg, north of Berlin, Germany, on May 28, 2024. The German government has expressed concern about a possible victory of the far-right National Rally in France. Chancellor Scholz and many ordinary Germans fears that if the the nationalist French party gets elected on Sunday, it would no longer support the close and unique relationship between the two countries that was carefully built over decades since the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Germany fears a victory for the far-right National Rally could harm its close relations with France

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, followed by German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck, leave following a press conference on the 2025 budget, in Berlin, Friday, July 5, 2024. The coalition parties have agreed on a draft budget. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German government averts crisis with budget agreement for Europe’s largest economy

By Stephen Graham - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left and Minister President Anke Rehlinger speak to local residents as they visit Kleinblittersdorf, Germany, which was hit by flooding, Saturday, May 18, 2024. Scholz has toured flooded regions in the southwest, where rivers have swelled and caused flash floods and landslides after heavy rain and severe weather. (Harald Tittel/dpa via AP)

The German chancellor tours flooded regions in the southwest in a show of solidarity

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The highway entrance to the A620 in Saarbrücken is flooded as heavy continuous rain has caused multiple floods and landslides in Saarland, western Germany, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Laszlo Pinter/dpa via AP)

The German chancellor tours flooded regions in the southwest in a show of solidarity

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FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, second from left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, second from right, walk together in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the war in Ukraine. Second, a reduction in the trade imbalance. It’s not clear if it will get very far on either front. (Ding Haitao/Xinhua via AP, File)

Europe wants 2 things from China. It may not get far on either of them.

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, visits German company Covestro's Asia-Pacific Innovation Center in Shanghai, Monday, April 15, 2024. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for fair competition in trade relations with China while warning about dumping and overproduction while speaking to students in Shanghai on Monday. (Fang Zhe/Xinhua via AP)

On visit to China, the German chancellor says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens global security

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gestures as he arrives at the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, on April 6, 2024. Scholz arrived in China on Sunday, April 14, 2024 on a visit focused on the increasingly tense economic relationship between the sides and differences over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Germany’s Scholz arrives in China on a visit marked by trade tensions and Ukraine conflict

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholzarrives at the St. Damaso courtyard ahead of his private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Germany investigates a purported recording leaked by Russia of officers discussing aid to Ukraine

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In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a Taurus missile flies during a drill off the country's western coast in South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has emphasized his reluctance to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, pointing to a risk of his country becoming directly involved in the war. Germany is now the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States and is stepping up aid to Kyiv.(South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

Germany’s Olaf Scholz explains reluctance to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during his end-of-the-year news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 19, 2023. Zelenskyy is expected to sign bilateral security agreements with Germany and France on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, as Kyiv works to shore up Western support nearly two years after Russia launched its full-scale war. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy will sign security agreements with Germany, France as Kyiv shores up support

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Bundesregierung, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pose for a selfie on X, formerly Twitter, on Oct. 8, 2024. Both were seeing double when they met in Washington, D.C., this week and went on social media to share their mirror image with the world. (Bundesregierung via AP)

U.S. Sen. Coons and German Chancellor Scholz see double at Washington meeting

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President Joe Biden, right, crosses his fingers in response to a comment from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden calls GOP holdup of Ukraine aid ‘close to criminal neglect’ as he meets with Germany’s Scholz

By Aamer Madhani, Seung Min Kim and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

The last light of the day was reflected on the wet concrete slabs of the Holocaust Memorial at the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz - Birkenau on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Remembering the horrors of Auschwitz, German chancellor warns of antisemitism, threats to democracy

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for the cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Biden and Germany’s Scholz will meet in D.C. as U.S. and E.U. aid for Ukraine hangs in the balance

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