In a speech at the SPD party's congress, newly elected German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated his promises of a 'new beginning' for Germany as well as the need to reintroduce 'hope for the future'. The SPD has just formed a government with the Greens and the FDP Liberals, and Olaf Scholz became Germany's ninth chancellor on Wednesday, and the fourth social democrat to reach the top post. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES