German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote in Bundestag The vote paves the way for snap elections on February 23 Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) are trailing behind Friedrich Merz's ...

DW has more. Two weeks out from the federal election, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and main opposition leader Friedrich Merz have traded blows in parliament. Lawmakers convened in the Bundestag ...

German lawmakers are expected to vote on a new budget that sharply raises public spending, with the plan calling for new ...