German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has acknowledged some responsibility for the low approval ratings of his squabbling centre-left coalition government. “As chancellor, I am responsible for the government. Period. So it would be absurd to say that I have nothing to do with it,” Scholz said in an interview with the weekly newspaper Die Zeit. “Unfortunately, it has too rarely been possible to take important decisions without lengthy public disputes. We have to accept the blame for that, and I could have done without it.” When asked whether his remarks were meant as self-criticism, Scholz responded: “…