Pressure mounts on Scholz over bid for second term
Senior members of the SPD joined the chorus of voices calling for him to make way for popular Defence Minister, Boris Pistorius, while a survey showed Scholz's popularity with the public had sunk to new depths.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius chat prior to a plenary session at the lower house of Parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin. (AFP)