German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was under growing pressure Tuesday to step aside as the top candidate of his Social Democrats (SPD) for snap polls in February, as the party heads for a historic drubbing.

Pressure is piling on Germany's unpopular Chancellor Olaf Scholz to let someone else lead his Social Democrats into the upcoming snap election to give the party now languishing in third place in polls a better shot of catching up.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he would be his party’s candidate in the upcoming German election, brushing aside speculation that the Social Democrats would choose a more popular official to run in his place.