Exhausted? Tired of the negotiating marathon of the past few days? Oh where from, Olaf Scholz not. In the Bundestag on Wednesday afternoon, the chancellor presented himself in a demonstrative Karamba-Karacho mood. As if raised and not sickened by any (self-)doubts, Scholz used the upcoming government survey to first of all extensively appreciate himself and the decisions of the coalition committee:

Tempo! Acceleration! Modernization!

Faster, better, more pragmatic!

Big cinema, sorry, big reform program!

Innovation push! Dynamics! Growth not seen since the end of the 19th century!

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