German Chancellor Olaf Scholz adresses the audience as members of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) meet to name him as candidate for the Chancellery in the oncoming elections in February 2025, at the SPD headquarters in Berlin on November 25, 2024. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose three-party coalition collapsed earlier this month, was on November 25 unanimously nominated as the Social Democrats' top candidate for early elections in February, party sources said. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)