German opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory after his Christian Democrats won nearly 29% of the votes in the country’s federal election. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party faced a historic defeat with the lowest vote share for the center-left party since 1949.

Caretaker Chancellor Olaf Scholz must take no significant foreign or domestic policy decision without first consulting Merz's team, it ordered, the 69-year-old told reporters. "Conservatives want to put Scholz on a leash!

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks, on the day he receives the 2025 Research and Innovation report by the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI), in Berlin, Germany February 26, 2025.

A reform of Germany's constitutionally enshrined debt brake, which limits public borrowing, would be discussed by the leaders of the conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) in coalition talks,

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the federal election result “bitter.” On Sunday, the SPD slumped to its worst election result since World War II.  (Source: Bloomberg)

Germany’s Social Democrats are under pressure to quickly revamp leadership as a role in a new government beckons, even though Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party slumped to its worst election result since World War II.

The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he can still win.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has voted in a German election that comes after his governing coalition collapsed last year. Scholz then lost a confidence vote, forcing President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dis