The ripple effect that Germany’s election could spell across Britain, the US and EU German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) after what he called ...

Lawmakers in Germany took a step to loosen a long-standing limit on government debt. The move aims to allow the ...

Berlin, Germany—German lawmakers gave the green light on Tuesday for a colossal spending boost for defence and infrastructure ...

The multibillion-euro package loosens borrowing limits and allows new investments in defense, infrastructure and climate. The ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...

This one’s categoric. The SPD, Germany’s oldest party, had the worst result in a national election in well over a century. After the results came in, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced he will not serve ...

Image: Olaf Scholz's SPD party collapsed to the third largest party - with 16.4% of the vote. Pic: AP Meanwhile Christian Lindner - FDP party leader and former finance minister, whose dismissal by ...

And now we await the more serious questions ... To kick off tonight's debate, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and opposition leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) are asked simply to describe the general mood ...

Meanwhile the governing centre-left SPD has slumped to third place in what looks set to be a disastrous result for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party. The party are already describing the result as a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces an increasingly precarious political position as his Social Democratic Party (SPD) struggles to maintain relevance. Recent polls show the party has fallen to an ...

These parties include the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Greens, and the far-right ...

Four candidates are competing for the top chancellor job, incumbent Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Robert Habeck of the ...