Olaf Scholz Many characteristics of Prime Minister: strong figure, bald head, single facial expression, few silent words, steady and rigid work, seemingly the typical traditional and lack of interest in the image of a German man.
always has this expression, it is difficult to see joy, anger, sorrow and psychological activities
A while ago, in order to echo the boss's call, he led Germany and the entire EU EU 's "self-harm" behavior, making him look like a European politician who was kidnapped by "political correctness" and blindly following the United States.
But you may not have imagined that Scholz The early years of the green years were also a radical young man with thick hair and shouting anti-American slogans.
The picture below is a group of college students conducting anti-US marchs on the streets of the West German capital in the early 1980s, demanding that the US military withdraw from the Ramstein base.
The one in the red circle is Olaf Scholz back then.
Unfortunately, this lush curly hair, goodbye is already " Mediterranean ".
In June 1958, Scholz was born in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, but their family later moved to Hamburg City. Therefore, Scholz grew up in Hamburg and also studied at the University of Hamburg Law School, which is very close to home.
As early as 1975, Scholz, who was still a high school student, became a member of the Social Democratic Party and joined the "Youth Socialist Alliance" youth organization within the Social Democratic Party.
From 1982 to 1988, while working in legal affairs, Scholz has been the vice chairman of the Federation Youth Socialists Alliance.
Scholtz in the mid-1980s had to sigh at this thick curly hair!
This "Youth Socialist Alliance" is a radical organization gathered by leftists of the Social Democratic Party. It opposes the United States' interference in European affairs, boycotts the NATO military troops in Germany, and enthusiastically supports the revolutionary movement of the Third World .
Obviously, there is still a huge gap between such a passionate young leader of the Social Democratic Party and the current Prime Minister Scholz.
Scholtz's transformation occurred around the early 1990s.
Before that, political activities were only his side job. Scholz's official job was a practicing lawyer. mainly engaged in labor protection rights protection cases, and often deals with the government system.
Therefore, Scholz also made a "familiar face" in politics.
In 1990, in , the two Germans unified , Schultz was sent by the West German government to assist East German corporate unions in negotiations with employers, and performed very well.
After that, Scholz officially became a politician and was elected as chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Hamburg's Altona District in 1994.
Here is a saying that in the West, lawyers and politicians form "partners" and even turn themselves into politicians directly is indeed very common.
For example, the three people in the picture below - the current US President Biden , Vice President Harris , Secretary of State Blinken are all graduated from law school and are lawyers.
OK, let’s talk about Germany again.
As Scholz's hair volume continued to decrease, his career began to flourish.
In the 1998 federal German general election, Scholz won a seat for the SPD, which attracted the attention of the party chairman and German Chancellor Schroder .
In 2000, Scholz was elected as chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Hamburg and served as Minister of the Interior of Hamburg the following year.
Although Schroeder treats him well, Schroeder never pretends to be a grandson in front of his leader. He is always very diligent in giving advice to his leader. He has questioned Schroeder's labor policy many times in public debates.
However, Schroeder not only did not hold a grudge, but instead developed a stronger interest in him and constantly recommended him to hold important positions in the party.
After the 2002 federal election, Scholz was appointed as the secretary-general of the new Social Democratic Party by Schroeder, and later served as the Minister of Labor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
Therefore, from Scholz's political resume, it can be seen that this person is not the cross-border "performance politician" that is common in the West who comes out halfway, but a traditional administrative technology official who works step by step from the grassroots level.
Scholtz when she was Minister of Labor
Moreover, as a politician who needs to accumulate popularity to attract votes, Scholz is not particularly good at making shows and speeches.
His expression seemed to be the same as his hair, and as his age and qualifications grew, it became less obvious.
Scholtz's appearance is not outstanding, and his speech style lacks passion. No matter what he says, he has a flat tone and a single expression. He was once teased by the media as a "robot". Even his colleagues in the party commented on him as a person who lacks interest.
A rare photo with big expressions
or even, encountering some emergencies , Scholz's reaction was also calmly amazing.
For example, the picture below is August 21, 2022. When Scholz was attending a public event, two German women deliberately approached him on the grounds of wanting to take photos and stood beside the Prime Minister. After Scholz smiled and took the initiative to take a photo with the ladies, the two women suddenly took off their shirts, raised their arms and shouted, "Immediately imposing an embargo on Russian natural gas, don't send money to Putin!"
Throughout the whole process, Scholz kept a smiling posture with his hands tightly clenched, his eyes were calm, without saying a word, or doing a redundant move.
The woman also scribbled on her chest, "Implement the natural gas embargo now"
Of course, in this case, being calm and not squinted is also considered a gentleman's behavior.
In terms of personal life, Scholz can be called a "self-discipline expert". He has a harmonious relationship with his wife who is also in politics. There have been no rumors (when he was the Minister of Labor in Berlin, he took a train for two hours a day to commute back to his hometown in Hamburg to accompany his wife).
The couple has been married for more than 20 years. The couple is over 120 years old and their income is not low, but they have not purchased any real estate in Germany. Even the small apartment he had lived in Hamburg for decades rented.
2 in 2002 - How do you feel that this wife is much stronger than your husband?
Before last year's election, when a reporter asked how he spent his leisure life, Schultz said: "If it was a weekend, I would definitely work in the kitchen and make German meatballs that I am very good at - those chefs may not be as skilled as me."
Think about it carefully, the daily life of the Schultz couple is to go to work - take the train back to the "home" of the hamburger, and then make meatballs in the kitchen. This kind of two-point and one-line life is monotonous and boring, and even the paparazzi who specialize in stalking is not very interested. There is really no "clues" to dig out and Lenovo.
Schultz and his wife
For Schultz, although he became the prime minister, he himself could not control many things in Germany.
This German government is a joint "traffic light cabinet" - the Social Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Scholz. It was founded in 1863 and was born in the modern workers' movement. It is left-leaning. It pays special attention to social welfare and fairness issues. It belongs to the red system; yellow is Liberal Democratic Party ; green is green.
Among them, the Green Party and the Liberal Democratic Party love to engage in the ideological commander, and they often look at China and Russia with strong tinted glasses.
Especially the Green Party, which is gathered with "white left" and "angry young people", seems to be always acting as a vanguard of anti-Russia at all costs. The current German Foreign Minister, Anna Lena Bellbock, is the chairman of the Green Party.
I don’t know how many Germans will be behind the affectionate hugs of Bellbeck and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kureba like a couple, trembling on the cold night...
This is actually the first time the two foreign ministers met, and they are as intimate as a couple who have met again after a long time. Even the outfits of clothes are so coordinated. It is obvious that some of Germany’s "spicious" behaviors today are, to some extent, because this German government is a coalition government, and the status of Prime Minister Scholz is subject to many things, so full of helplessness between the two forces of the pragmatic route and the mad route.
In the past six months, Scholz has shown helplessness and powerlessness in the face of the United States' sacrifice of Germany and the EU's interests to inflict the Russian-Ukraine war.
At the beginning, Germany wanted to remain neutral and was unwilling to provide support. It only sent Ukrainian 5,000 helmets and some old stocks to deal with, but it was a variety of satirical mockery from Ukraine.
is these helmets
After entering the summer, when Ukraine did not admit defeat immediately, Russia's military operations became increasingly aggravated, and he became cautious again and began to respond to the call of the United States, constantly sending supplies and equipment to Ukraine, trying to help the Ukraine government fight back and end the war quickly.
But unexpectedly, Russia and Ukraine became a protracted war.
Anyone with a brain can see that the longer the war between the brothers of East Slavic is fighting, the more severe the blood loss of Germany, the sucker sold by the United States. Seeing that the weather was getting cold, Prime Minister Scholz and French President Ma Ge flew to Ukraine, a Western "diplomacy holy place" to check in, condolence the driver, and try to mediate the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
What’s embarrassing is that they came from afar were criticized by the Ukrainian side - they would fool them, and they would be ashamed to come without any real information?
As the weather got colder, the swaying Scholz was indeed panicked and tried to disobey the American boss's request to resolutely resist Russian gas and Russian oil.
But there, the Russian bear has no intention of letting Germany go, and is still repeatedly making fun of Germany with the technical problems of the "North Stream 1" turbine.
Not long after, "Beixi" actually got the "big move" for no reason.
In this way, facing the chaotic and complex difficulties such as the secret war between the two powerful countries of Russia and the United States, the lion without bottom line in Ukraine, the declining industry caused by the lack of coal, gas and oil in China, the difficulties of people's livelihood, and the difficulties of people's livelihood caused by the lack of coal, gas and oil in China, Scholz was in a dilemma and did not please him on either side. He was even criticized by the people and the media. The swaying Prime Minister was very unconscionable in front of the Americans.
people from Leipzig, Germany gathered to protest the government's policy: "They have money to fight, but they don't have money to support the poor."
This... It seems that it was the most annoying thing Scholz hated when he was young.
Obviously, Scholz's skill in walking a tightrope between the interests of the United States and Germany is currently not as good as Merkel , but the domestic and international situation he encountered is much more complicated than his predecessor.
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