Germany’s Scholz hits back at racism accusations

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At a private birthday party, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the Berlin Senator for Culture Joe Chialo "the Union's Court Narr." He says that this hit him deeply. Now Scholz is being blamed for racism. Right?

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Germany’s Scholz hits back at racism accusations

“The accusation of racism is absurd and artificially constructed,” Scholz wrote on X.

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Germany's Scholz denies racism claim ahead of election

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has denied making racist comments about a black conservative politician in a heated pre-election clash with the opposition party.

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Scholz is said to have defamed the Berlin CDU politician Joe Chialo as "Hofnarr" and "black fig leaf of the CDU". The German Chancellor rejected the allegations as "absurd and artificial."

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has firmly rejected the accusations of racism that began circulating against him ten days before the parliamentary elections, after information emerged that, at a private event, he referred to the Berlin senator for...

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Federal Chancellor Scholz rejects the accusation that he was racist about the Berlin cultural senator Chialo. CDU demands an apology.