It was easy to forget that Merz is not yet in charge, and it was not him but the still-incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz who joined EU top brass in the Europa Building when it came time for ...

Imagine you’re sitting in a team meeting when your manager cracks a joke. Everyone laughs, the meeting carries on, and your manager likely feels good about themselves—after all, leaders are ...

Outgoing SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz has refused to do this, citing the danger of direct confrontation with Russia. Scholz's government has, however, been Ukraine's second-biggest supplier of aid ...

I think on this the UK and Italy can play an important role in bridge-building.' German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that a focus for allies will be to ensure that Ukraine has a strong army when ...

Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been invited to London for the conference, as has European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, the European Cou ...

Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk all spoke in support of the country. Subtle clue as astronaut was stretchered that something was wrong Ex-England duo laugh ...

One of them, the tall, funny one with the glasses, is holding a 12ft-long comedy leg. I look around the room and my whole family is doubled up laughing. We are not alone. It’s the same in millions of ...

SPD co-chair Lars Klingbeil fronted the media alongside outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz after the party's disappointing result on SundayImage: Ronny Hartmann/AFP/Getty Images Merz refused to ...

I've had enough. While we wait for Pope Gregory XIII to resolve our issues with the Gregorian calendar, at least we can laugh at these 36 hilarious internet fails from last week: 1.Who would have ...

Germany's national elections saw Olaf Scholz's SPD defeated, with Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance winning over 28% of the vote. The far-right AfD surged to second place with 20%, while coalition ...

which saw a surge for a far-right party and a stinging defeat for outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. After the collapse of Scholz's three-party government in November, it's now up to Merz to restore ...