German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday congratulated the British Labour Party on its comprehensive victory in the United Kingdom’s general election. Asked whether he saw himself in a new alliance with freshly appointed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader concurred, saying he was delighted with the result. As a traditional centre-left party, Labour occupies a similar place on the UK’s political spectrum to Scholz’s SPD in Germany. Scholz said he knows Starmer personally and has met him several times, and stated that he would be a very successful prime …