Relative unknowns just days ago, Nobert Walter-Borjans and Saskia Esken were elected Saturday by their centre-left SPD as leaders of the party, junior partner in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government. The duo, branded by German media as the “anti-Merkel coalition” pair, soundly beat Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and his running mate Klara Geywitz.
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