WIESBADEN, Germany - Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is ready for a snap election and has its eyes on the position ...

Scholz condemns war, urges Russia to negotiate with Ukraine in first call with Putin in nearly 2 years * Drone attack ...

During the conversation, Scholz condemned Russia’s war against Ukraine, calling on Putin to end it and withdraw Russian ...

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

A group of German lawmakers, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, has proposed legislation to legalize abortions during the ...

The leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) sees a "good starting point" for reforming the nation's spending cap, ...

Germany's conservative opposition leader and possible next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said further discussions on policy ...

With an early election coming in February, the German chancellor is depicting himself as the safe choice for preventing an ...

Vladimir Putin may see Germany send a powerful weapon to Ukraine if Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, is elected Chancellor.

Our recent notes pre-figured trouble in Berlin, so it was no surprise that Christian Lindner finally exhausted the Chancellor ...

The proposed date for a federal vote comes nearly a week after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz launched his election bid with a stinging attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz, calling the Social Democrat a “lightweight” and accusing him of sowing division in ...