German lawmakers will vote later this year on a new budget that sharply raises public spending, with the plan calling for new ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz effectively ruled out serving together in the same cabinet, whatever the outcome of Sunday’s election.

Ex-Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to receive a state-paid office with a staff of eight. Opposition parties say this is too much.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier now has 21 days to dissolve parliament. A new election then needs to take place within 60 days of this dissolution, with the date already set for Feb. 23.

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

Top candidates in German federal elections have gone out to vote this Sunday, as the country faces a decisive choice regarding its future leadership. Incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz cast his vote ...

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence on Monday, triggering the dissolution of parliament and rare early elections at a moment when Europe’s largest economy is ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz struggled to land the decisive blow he urgently needs on conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz in the first of two televised debates ahead of Germany’s snap election in ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in parliament, paving the way for its dissolution and fresh national elections. Scholz gained 207 votes in the 733-seat parliament to his ...

Mr. Trump had been eager to celebrate his success at NATO and revel in the fact that he had conducted an attack that none of ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lamented a "bitter" defeat after his centre-left Social Democrats slumped to a heavy loss in Sunday's national elections. "The election result is poor and I bear ...