German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. During the debate the candidates ...

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 ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz may have ... for Ukraine since then however, Scholz has also often urged restraint, earning him the monicker of "peace chancellor" at the helm of a party with a long ...

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday accused the opposition Christian Democrats of artificially whipping up accusations of racism to smear him in the run-up to an election on Feb. 23 in ...

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 ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has hit back at US Vice President JD Vance for 'intervening' in his country's election as tension continues to grow over America's position on Ukraine. Vance scolded ...

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 ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated that accusing Israel of genocide is "absurd" when he appeared on a long-form podcast interview show, "Jung & Naiv" with journalist Tilo Jung on Friday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that a halt in fighting could be a starting point for potential peace talks for Ukraine. "It would be very helpful if the bombing were to stop ...

At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s coming elections. transcript At the Munich Security Conference ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected “outside” interference in the country’s elections, insisting that Germans would decide their democracy for themselves, as he hit back at comments ...

Despite falling more than 9 percentage points to 16.3% in Sunday’s election, the SPD will probably be tapped by-election winner Merz to enter coalition talks. Germany’s Social Democrats are ...