The top brass of the Social Democratic party (SPD) were planning crisis talks on their choice of chancellor candidate for the general election yesterday evening while Scholz was flying home from the G20 summit in Brazil, local media reported.
In a move drawing comparisons to Joe Biden's decision to step aside for Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate in the US election, speculation is rife the SPD could switch horses at roughly the same moment in the campaign, with about 100 days left.
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