Ex-Chancellor Olaf Scholz: Have You Read the Book by Angela Merkel, Mr. Scholz?

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The German Chancellor is an enthusiastic reader. We met him in his Berlin office to talk about books that shaped him – and one that he himself is writing on.

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Former Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has not read Angela Merkel's (CDU) memoirs. When asked by the Rheinische Post (Friday edition) whether he had read the long-serving Chancellor's book "Freedom," published in 2024, Scholz said: "Not yet." Scholz is also unfamiliar with the books of another colleague. When asked whether he had ever read a novel by Robert Habeck (Greens), Scholz replied laconically: "No." Why not? Scholz: "Perhaps I'll get aroun…