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Chancellor Olaf Scholz remains untroubled by the prospect of an election campaign against his conservative rival Friedrich Merz, saying he is more level-headed than his opponent and predicting a comeback for his Social Democratic Party (SPD). “I find myself a bit cooler when it comes to matters of state – to put it as politely as I can manage right now,” Scholz told a talk show host on Sunday on the public broadcaster ARD. He also said he and Merz have very different political goals. But the biggest differences between him and the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Merz have to do with…

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