Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to ...

Friedrich Merz, the head of Germany's opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), is discouraging voters from supporting the ...

The collapse of Germany’s ’traffic light’ coalition government headed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz has thrown the focus on ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a vote of confidence on Jan 15 after his ruling three-party coalition collapsed ...

He said he would remain in office until January 15 and attempt to get the most important legislation done, suggesting he ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz claimed Christian Lindner had broken his trust and dismissed him as finance minister, paving the way ...

A party ally says Chancellor Scholz would be open to talks with Friedrich Merz on when to move toward new elections — but only after dealing with urgent business in parliament. Merz earlier said this ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister Wednesday because of a budget dispute, collapsing a fragile ...

CDU leader Merz urges Chancellor Scholz to immediately seek vote of confidence in parliament, after his left-liberal ...

After firing his finance minister and effectively ending the governing coalition, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has laid out a possible timeline for an early federal election. DW explains the next ...

Speaking after a meeting of his parliamentary group, Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) chairman Friedrich Merz said ...

For months now, the anti-immigration far-right Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) has been calling for early elections. The ...