Friedrich Merz, the head of Germany's opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), is discouraging voters from supporting the ...

After the collapse of the traffic light coalition between the Social Democrats (SPD), Liberals (FDP) and Greens, Germany ...

“We must be careful not to make ourselves look ridiculous internationally with a debate at this level,” said Thorsten Frei, ...

A court in Germany has fined Detlef Görtz, a former member of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament and member of the Christian ...

German chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed his finance minister, Christian Lindner, pitching the country toward elections.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck is ramping up pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to schedule new elections without ...

A party ally says Chancellor Scholz would be open to talks with Friedrich Merz on when to move toward new elections — but only after dealing with urgent business in parliament. Merz earlier said this ...