German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on opponents to steer clear of divisive politics and back his minority government ...

With elections due in just over three months' time, Germany's conservative opposition is riding high in the opinion polls.

Trouble has been building within the German government for some time, so it was no surprise that Christian Lindner finally ...

With elections due in just over three months' time, Germany's conservative opposition is riding high in the opinion polls.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democrats (SPD) has sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Liberals (FDP). The leaders of what is known in Germany as the "traffic light coalition" - ...

Germany’s economy has been shrinking for the past two years in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, war in Ukraine and ...

For decades, German governments have pursued the project of a free-market European empire. Today the war in Ukraine and US ...

In his first speech to the Bundestag following the collapse of his government, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way for early ...

Germany will hold a snap election on February 23 after the country's three-party coalition collapsed last week. The date for ...

Germany's biggest political parties have agreed on a timetable leading to an early election in February after Chancellor ...

Spending questions were central to the tensions between Scholz and former finance minister Christian Lindner, who was fired by the chancellor last Wednesday. The rupture led Lindner's liberal FDP ...