Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

"It's not certain that the SPD will enter a government," he said from party headquarters on Monday, accompanied by Chancellor Olaf Scholz ... CDU's right wing," said Uwe Jun, a political scientist ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lamented a “bitter defeat" for his Social Democrats (SPD) party in Sunday’s federal election to Friedrich Merz’s conservative alliance and the far-right Alternative for ...

Friedrich Merz, who was forced out of politics about a decade ago, is all set to replace Olaf Scholz as next German Chancellor. Listen to Story Friedrich Merz replaces Olaf Scholz as German Chancellor ...

Germany's national elections saw Olaf Scholz's SPD defeated, with Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance winning over 28% of the vote. The far-right AfD surged to second place with 20%, while coalition ...

He pointed out how people in Germany got tired of the "no common sense agenda" as he slammed outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's regime. Trump's remarks came as the opposition conservatives won the ...

After the collapse of Scholz's three-party government in November, it's now up to Merz to restore stability to the European Union's most populous country and traditional political heavyweight ...

On the other hand, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) finished at a distant third with just 16.2%, its worst result since World War II. Notably, the final vote count is underway.

Curtin University Professor of Global Futures Joe Siracusa says German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has “failed miserably” to provide leadership to Germany. Polls have closed in Germany in one of ...

Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) won 28.5 per cent of the vote, followed by the AfD at 20 per cent, with outgoing Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) a distant ...

AfD has surged to around 20%, doubling its 2021 result in the national election. Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for the Social Democrats, calling it "a bitter election result." Merz and other ...

After the collapse of incumbent Olaf Scholz’s unloved coalition, Merz, 69, must forge a coalition from a fragmented parliament in a process that could take months. Friedrich Merz, leader of the ...