German Chancellor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet up with the newly appointed German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, for the first in-person meeting, in Germany. He would also be co-chairing the sixth India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC). The two world leaders would then hold a round-table with top-most CEOs from both countries. Modi would also be engaging with the Indian diaspora in Germany.

Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is expected to step down from the post on December 8. German Government Spokesperson Steffen Seibert, on December 3, released an official statement for the same. The statement read, "This Chancellorship will end, as we see it today, with the election of new Chancellor Olaf Scholz which is scheduled for Wednesday." Notably, this time, Germany will have only one Chancellor. 

Angela Merkel arrived in Moscow on August 20 to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This will be her last official visit as she plans to step down as the German Chancellor after 16 years in power. While the two leaders discussed Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany and Afghanistan insurgency, Merkel criticized the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Reportedly, Navalny is being imprisoned in Russia.

Environmental activist and two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thuberg met with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on August 20. She urged the leader to declare a climate emergency. "Everyone blames one another. Someone needs to break that cycle, "said Greta, who also delivered a letter with 125,000 signatures to Merkel. Greta later at a press conference stated that, “We want leaders to step up and treat this as an emergency".