After 16 years

New leadership in Berlin has consequences for India

Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as chancellor of Germany, ending the 16-year tenure of Angela Merkel. Ms Merkel narrowly missed — by just 10 days — the record for Germany’s longest-serving post-war chancellor, held by her political mentor Helmut Kohl. Germany is a country that prizes continuity: For the past 40 years, just three individuals have occupied the chancellery. Indeed, the post-War German republic has had just nine chancellors, including Mr Scholz. Yet even aside from that, Ms Merkel can be assured of her place in history. Her long tenure has seen Germany emerge from the bruises of reunification,