Born in 1955 in the west German town of Brilon, Merz studied law and was first elected to the Bundestag in 1994. After ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is determined to use his last weeks in office with a minority government to pass what he believes are ...

As German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats grapple with plummeting support ahead of a snap election in February, ...

Olaf Scholz, Germany's least popular chancellor on record, is facing growing calls within his Social Democrats (SPD) to step ...

Germany is set to hold a snap election on Feb. 23 after Scholz’s ideologically diverse three-way coalition of SPD, Greens and ...

With an early election coming in February, the German chancellor is depicting himself as the safe choice for preventing an ...

On November 6th long-bubbling rows in Germany’s three-party coalition finally boiled over, when Olaf Scholz, the Social ...

A deal has now been struck to hold the confidence vote in December and the election on the 23rd February Olaf Scholz may be ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz launched his election bid with a stinging attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz, calling the Social Democrat a “lightweight” and accusing him of sowing division in ...

For decades, German governments have pursued the project of a free-market European empire. Today the war in Ukraine and US ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to address lawmakers in the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag, on Wednesday ...

(Bloomberg) -- Germany’s election campaign kicks into high gear on Wednesday, when Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes his case in a ...