2020年8月10號，社民黨提名屬於黨內中間派蕭凌志做社民黨喺2021年聯邦議院選舉嘅總理候選人。蕭凌志領導社民黨喺選舉入面以微弱優勢勝出，贏得25.8%嘅選票同聯邦議院嘅206個席位。11月24日，社民黨、綠黨和聯邦民主黨達成了聯合協議，由朔爾茨擔任德國新總理。
On August 10, 2020, the SPD nominated Xiao Lingzhi, a centrist member of the party, as the SPD's candidate for chancellor in the 2021 Bundestag election. Siu led the SPD to a narrow victory, winning 25.8% of the vote and 206 seats in the Bundestag. On 24 November, the SPD, the Greens and the Federal Democrats reached a coalition agreement with Scholz as Germany's new chancellor.