Olaf Scholz (SPD), Robert Habeck (Greens), Friedrich Merz (CDU) and Alice Weidel (AfD) party, take part in a TV debate in Berlin, Germany, Feb 16, 2025 Kay Nietfeld/ (c) dpa-Pool ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives slipped into second place behind Germany's far right in a poll marking his ...

Germany boosts defense spending to 3.5% of GDP under PM Merz, amending debt laws and strengthening ties with the U.S. amid ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during the last parliament session ahead of national's elections, at the Bundestag parliament in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. Credit: AP/Ebrahim ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a reception for carnival clubs from all over Germany with dancers and carnival officials at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a joint press conference with Mette Frederiksen (not pictured), Prime Minister of Denmark, following their meeting at the Federal Chancellery.

Germany's Warburg Bank, embroiled in the country's Cum-Ex tax scandal, has lost a legal bid to challenge a major tax ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his election rival Friedrich Merz of having broken his word by accepting support from the far-right AfD to push an anti-immigration motion through ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday said he could "not imagine" an arrest warrant being executed against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a potential visit to Germany. The ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz waves after first projections are announced during the election party at the Social Democratic Party (SPD) headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, March 23, 2025.

Olaf Scholz rebuked U.S. Vice President JD Vance for suggesting that far-right parties should not be shut out of government. Germany's other political parties have refused to work with the far ...