The ruling Social Democrats have backed their current leader despite his low approval ratings The Social Democratic Party (SPD) leadership has unanimously voted to nominate Olaf Scholz as their candidate for chancellor in the upcoming general election in Germany. Scholz has headed the German government since December 2021, at the head of the so-called ‘traffic light’ coalition with the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The coalition imploded earlier this month, after the FDP’s