German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenum session of the lower house of parliament, Bundestag, for a general debate on the Federal Government policy in Berlin, Germany September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday called on the ruling coalition, democratic opposition and local authorities to pull together to overcome the "mildew of red tape, risk averseness and despondency" that has spread across Europe's largest economy in recent years.
"The citizens are fed up with this standstill, and I am too," Scholz said in a speech to the Bundestag lower house of parliament during a session on the 2024 budget, sporting a black eye patch following a jogging accident.
