CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left SPD ...

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 ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats after what he called “a bitter election result.” Projections for ARD and ZDF public television showed his party ...

Friedrich Merz, chairman of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is set to become Germany's next chancellor based on preliminary election results. His center-right bloc (CDU/CSU) had ...

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 ...

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But prowling the stage in a dark suit and open shirt with a microphone in hand, Olaf Scholz certainly looked like one on Friday night. At a nearly euphoric rally for someone trailing in the polls ...

Germany holds its snap national election on Sunday following the collapse of Olaf Scholz's three-way coalition, and the coalition that emerges will face huge challenges, from reviving a flagging ...

BERLIN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed the importance of keeping the path open for Ukraine to join the European Union and rejected suggestions that the country was to ...

Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election. German voters go to the polls on Sunday in a pivotal vote focused on immigration ...

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.

The top four candidates to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck and Alice Weidel, took the stage in a live television debate ...