The snap elections might create a new political crisis, however, since recent polls show the Conservatives will not have a ...

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

For the second time in his life, Friedrich Merz is a step away from taking charge of Germany. Losing the fight to control the ...

After the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition, the balloting will be held on Feb. 23, about seven months ...

Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday he could be open to reforming the debt brake, which limits the public deficit to 0.35% of ...

A new government beckons in Germany after the implosion of its ruling coalition, but it will face the same question: whether ...

After firing his coalition partner, chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to call fresh elections in the new year.

Germany, mired in political crisis, is headed for February 23 elections, the main parties agreed Tuesday, aiming to form a ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, who hopes to become the next chancellor, is a millionaire former corporate lawyer who promises a return to his CDU party's conservative roots as an alternative ...

The German leader first brought Kukies into the corridors of power in Berlin in 2018, when Scholz was finance minister under ...

Germany’s last snap election was in 2005. They were called by then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who subsequently lost to Merkel. The center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) stepped up to fill ...