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.

So far, the leadership of the center-left Social Democratic Party is publicly demonstrating support for Scholz as their top candidate for the upcoming election on February 23, 2025. But with Scholz's low popularity ratings and the election campaign already heating up,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk that only a far-right party can “save Germany.”

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in the German parliament, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February.

Germany is expected to hold a snap election in February next year. Political turmoil at the heart of Europe is also taking place in France.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated that he wants to continue talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone, despite the criticism from Kiev and other Western leaders. "I have spoken to the Russian president and I will speak to him again,

Olaf Scholz is out, but it is unclear if that is enough to save Germany's economic position. Business needs to reinvent itself to catchup with China and the USA.

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence ... of inflicting a failed economic policy on Germany and contradicted Scholz’s accusation that his conservatives want to ...

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 ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany called for the confidence vote after his three-party coalition broke up. Lawmakers voted to dissolve the existing government by a vote of 394 to 207, with 116 abstaining.

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, and the days when its economy was powered by cheap ...