For the second time in his life, Friedrich Merz is a step away from taking charge of Germany. Losing the fight to control the ...

Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...

German chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has sacked his finance minister Christian Lindner (FDP) and delivered an aggressive ...

After firing his coalition partner, chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to call fresh elections in the new year.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was summoned to a parliamentary inquiry committee on Thursday to address questions about the ...

After the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition, the balloting will be held on Feb. 23, about seven months ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister and announced a confidence vote that is widely expected to fail and pave ...

The last time Germany had snap elections was in 2005, when they were called by Chancellor Gerhard Schroder, who subsequently lost to Angela Merkel. The German chancellor and Lindner criticized ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejected the conservative opposition’s demand that he should hold a confidence vote by early ...

As German Chancellor Olaf Scholz battles political turmoil, his vice chancellor warned Monday that a collapse of the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance ... who subsequently lost to Angela Merkel. Scholz told reporters “Lindner showed no willingness to implement any of our proposals” and ...