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Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Finance Minister and Free Democrats Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner address a press conference on the government coalition's relief plan to cope with soaring energy costs on 4 September, 2022.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Finance Minister and Free Democrats Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner address a press conference on the government coalition's relief plan to cope with soaring energy costs on 4 September, 2022. Photo: Abdulhamid Hosbas / Anadolu Agency via AFP

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing growing calls to give up reelection bid, a big wave of airstrikes mark 1000 days of Ukraine war and could French far-right leader Le Pen be banned from public office? Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn.