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 ...

Ex-Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to receive a state-paid office with a staff of eight. Opposition parties say this is too much.

BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz formally set Germany on course for an early election Wednesday by requesting a confidence vote in parliament next week. Five weeks after his three-party governing ...

Olaf Scholz reflected on his years in government as the Social Democratic Party congress bids farewell to the former chancellor. He also warned against having any illusions about Russian President ...

Germany's procurement of thousands of tanks has faced criticism for being outdated. But armored vehicles are still an ...

Some 100 SDP signatories pose a stark challenge to the war fever whipped up by party leaders and Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz laid the groundwork for the pact in a joint ...

Germany and Britain will sign a defence treaty which includes a mutual assistance clause in the event of a threat to either ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) must be ready for painful compromises in government, parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch said at the party's national conference on Saturday. After ...

Former German chancellor Olaf Scholz issued a strong warning against harbouring illusions about the further plans of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a party event on Saturday. The Kremlin leader ...

Germany will boost defence spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product by 2029, a hefty, and quick, increase from a 2% NATO quota that it only achieved for the first time in three decades in 2024. Here ...

Germany will raise defence spending to 3.5% of economic output by 2029 funded through a nearly 400 billion euro borrowing ...