Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he is optimistic that Germany can navigate the sea of geopolitical and economic challenges it will face down in 2024 as he urged the country to embrace change. “We can cope with headwinds,” the Social Democrat said in his annual New Year’s speech to the nation, the text of which was distributed in advance on Sunday. “That doesn’t make the challenges of our time any smaller.” “The realization that everyone is needed makes us strong,” Scholz added. “The top researcher as well as the geriatric nurse, the policewoman as well as the parcel delivery person, the pensioner …