On the list for the next chancellors are the incumbent, the opposition leader, the current vice-chancellor, and — for the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz effectively ruled out serving together in the same ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.

Scholz says his government has already introduced ... Michael Kappeler/dpa/picture alliance The Cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz has held its last meeting before this weekend's federal election.

Only 15% of women identify Merz as the political leader best suited to become chancellor, compared to 21% of men. The only other candidate demonstrating a similar divide is Alice Weidel, leader of the ...

Friedrich Merz, whose conservative party is ahead in polls before Sunday’s election, sees an “epochal rupture” with a United ...

Merz, 69, promises fundamental policy shifts, including stricter migration controls and market-friendly reforms to revive ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz, from the left-leaning Social Democrats, and his main rival ... Lindner served as finance minister in Scholz's cabinet, but was dismissed in November, leading to the ...

President Trump has effectively taken over the Kennedy Center -- he dismissed 18 Democratic board members and got himself ...

Germany’s Zeitenwende, the historic shift in its defense and foreign policy, has not lived up to its promises, says Dr.