From Chancellor to Member: The new life of Olaf Scholz

In political Berlin, many politicians are no longer ministers. Others become ministers. The consequences for private life are clearly visible.

In view of the end of Olaf Scholz's short chancellorship, discussions about the significance of his chancellorship and its place in history are foreseeable. However, in order to be able to assess where Scholz's place is in history, a look at the other chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany is inevitable. The attempt to create a ranking list is naturally burdened with difficulties, because every assessment is to some extent arbitrary – on…

The chancellor a.D. goes on as a simple member of parliament, also appears in the government declaration of his successor. How painful is that? Consideration of a backbencher.