Despite poor approval ratings, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is running again as the Social Democrats' top candidate in the 2025 federal election. Why did the German government become so unpopular ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz failed a confidence vote in the Bundestag on Dec. 16, paving the way for early parliamentary elections scheduled for Feb. 23. "We stand by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's decision not ...

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Germany's 84 million residents to stick together despite the many global crises and wars, the country's ailing economy and a deadly Christmas ...

Olaf Scholz has paid tribute to the victims of the attack and laid flowers outside a church near the market.

Addressing the nation on the last day of 2024, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germans' fates were in their own hands and the way forward was by "standing strong together." He also praised responders ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledges that Germany will respond "with the full force of the law" to the car-ramming attack on a crowded Christmas market that killed five people and injured more ...

BERLIN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz appealed to his fellow Germans to vote in snap elections in February as the country argues over immigration and the rise of the far-right ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today requested a confidence vote in Germany's parliament, set to take place next week. He submitted the motion in writing to the President of the Bundestag ...

Dec. 16 (UPI) --German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote Monday, setting the stage for parliamentary elections next year. A majority of Germany's 733 lawmakers said they no longer have ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. German leader Olaf Scholz is expected to lose a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, a defeat the ...

Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in his leadership and Germany now faces its first election of the truly post-Angela Merkel era. Now Mrs Merkel’s legacy is tarnished, Germany is in recession, ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Olaf Scholz, the chancellor of Germany. 1975 - Joins the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Germany as a student. 1982-1988 - Deputy chairman of the SPD youth ...