Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Noch-Bundeskanzler Scholz wird dem Parlament wohl noch vier Jahre angehören. Danach kommt der Ruhestand – und üppige Bezüge.

The only plausible choice of coalition partner for the Union — which like other mainstream parties rules out working with Alternative for Germany — is the Social Democrats of outgoing Chancellor Olaf ...

It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s ... Image: During a TV debate with Olaf Scholz on 9 February. Pic: AP Career outside politics - and ...

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

Olaf Scholz' Karriere als Bundeskanzler neigt sich dem Ende entgegen. Wie blicken die Deutschen auf sein Vermächtnis? Spoiler ...

"The Germans are obviously done with Olaf Scholz", who was "seen by many as the face of the ... distancing themselves from ...

Berlin (dts Nachrichtenagentur) - Noch nicht einmal ein Prozent der Deutschen hält Olaf Scholz (SPD) für den bisher ...

Opposition leader Friedrich Merz claimed victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat ... A political career once ...

The likely next chancellor is unpopular, and his country’s economy has stalled. But his penchant for risks could help lead to ...

Merz's task will be complicated by the need to form a coalition with the center-left Social Democrats of outgoing Chancellor ...

Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc has won the national election and now faces coalition talks. Merz seemed keen to get to ...