German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the man hoping to replace him, Friedrich Merz, held discussions in Berlin for around 30 minutes on Thursday following the collapse of the country’s centre-left coalition. The opposition leader arrived on foot at the Chancellery at 12:25 pm (1125 GMT) and left the government headquarters shortly after 1 pm. No details about the content or outcomes of the meeting have been revealed yet. Merz is calling on Scholz to allow a new election to be organized much sooner than the chancellor is aiming for, with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader considering a po…