BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will run for the leadership of his Social Democrats, a magazine reported on Friday, joining a race to revive the party's sinking popularity since it entered a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.
A successful bid by Scholz to lead the Social Democrats (SPD) would bring more stability to Merkel's shaky "Grand Coalition", which the SPD joined reluctantly last year after a 2017 election.
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