Olaf Scholz: Military coup for the outgoing ((("Respect")))) chancellor

of May 5, 2025
For his early farewell, the outgoing Chancellor Scholz wants music by Aretha Franklin and the Beatles.

Berlin (MFR.de) - He ran as Respect Chancellor, and with "Respect" he is now stepping down. When Olaf Scholz is bid farewell tonight by the military musicians of the Bundeswehr, he can look forward to three songs of his choice, just like his predecessors. "In My Life" by the Beatles is supposed to open its big tap. The song, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, was released on the album "Rubber Soul" in 1965. His second election takes us much further back to the Baroque period. In keeping with his place of residence, an excerpt from Johann Sebastian Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto is to be heard.

However, his third wish is likely to attract the most attention. With "Respect", a soul piece is on the list of military ceremonies. In 1965, Otis Redding released the song on his album "Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul". Two years later, it became a world hit with multiple Grammy awards thanks to Aretha Franklin's interpretation. And while the original author had demanded respect from his wife with his lyrics, the piece developed into an anthem of the US civil rights movement thanks to the Queen of Soul.

In Politico's "Berlin Playbook Podcast", Steffen Hebestreit, journalist and spokesman for the German government, commented on Scholz's selection. "My impression is that the Chancellor has remained very true to himself in his choice of music. He was a very serious, conscientious and also sober Chancellor. And that will also be reflected in the songs he has chosen." At the same time, he defended himself against the long-standing accusation that the SPD politician was a cool 'Scholzomat'. Rather, he is "quite willing and able to be very funny and funny."

Olaf Scholz probably made his last major appearance in front of an audience for the time being on Friday as part of the Protestant Church Congress in Hanover. There he ventured a first review, in the course of which he gave himself a good report card about his three and a half years in office. "I do think that I have done the right thing for the most part and that this will also come out," explained the SPD politician, who is known to be less self-critical. He looks back on his life with pleasure and is now looking forward to "what is coming now as someone who participates in the life of this country as a citizen with a past."

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is already one step further Angela Merkel, who is likely to have settled into life afterwards with her memoirs and selected interviews in podcasts such as "Hotel Matze" or "Politik mit Anne Will". At the end of 2021, the CDU politician was bid farewell from office with Nina Hagen's "Du Hast Den Farbfilm Vergessen", Hildegard Knef's chanson "Für Mich Soll's Rote Rosen regnen" and the hymn "Großer Gott, Wir lob Dich". The complete ZDF broadcast of the ceremony for Scholz's predecessor can be admired here once again.

















Author: MF_Redaktion