German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C) smiles while being applauded by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (:) and General Carsten Breuer, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, at the Bundeswehr's Grand Tattoo ...

The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz's invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government on Monday, clearing the way for an early election on Feb. 23 necessitated by the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be the first Western leader to visit Beijing this week as leader Xi Jinping leans toward Russia. Geopolitical tensions are driving a wedge between the two countries ...

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way for early parliamentary elections in February. He declared his plans during a ...

Breaking from his dithering predecessors Scholz and Merkel, Merz is playing an unusually active role as the defender of ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a no-confidence vote Monday in the country's Parliament, paving the way for a snap election in February next year. Confidence votes in Germany are relatively rare.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared for his war on Ukraine for at least a year before inciting it, and predicted Putin is likely to be able to maintain a drawn ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Olaf Scholz has just pulled the plug on his coalition and lost his parliamentary majority, with polls suggesting ...

The following is a transcript of an interview with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that aired Sunday, July 3, 2022, on "Face the Nation." The transcript of the full interview appears below. MARGARET ...

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged a united response Monday to combat Russia's aggression against Ukraine – including possible sanctions – amid criticism that ...

Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure as Germany’s chancellor formally ended Wednesday with the 67-year-old fist-bumping successor Olaf Scholz following the official handover ceremony. Earlier Wednesday, ...