Angela Merkel and her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party are leaving Germany’s ruling government after 16 years in power. Olaf Scholz, Germany’s new leader, was officially elected German chancellor in a Bundestag vote on Wednesday, 8 December. A new agreement from the country’s new ruling coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Greens, and Free Democratic Party (FDP) outlines what to expect in the months and years to follow, including a streamlined path to citizenship, an improved asylum process, and more resources for migrants. The 177-page document arrived on 24 November after ne…

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