German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed his intention to run for re-election next year despite poor approval ratings and miserable polling numbers. Scholz told voters at a townhall forum in the northern city of Schwerin that he will lead his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) in general elections scheduled for September 2025. “My ambition is pretty big. I want to achieve once again what nobody thought I could do a year before the last federal election, namely win the election,” Scholz said. “And I am also pretty confident.” Recent polls have given the centre-right opposition CDU/CSU a large l…