In Berlin, Angela Merkel receives flowers from Germany's new Chancellor Olaf Scholz as she leaves the political stage after 16 years. Often described as austere and even robotic, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz nonetheless managed to inspire German voters in this year's election with a campaign that played on his reputation as a safe pair of hands.

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