German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that a halt in fighting could be a starting point for potential peace talks for Ukraine. "It would be very helpful if the bombing were to stop...That would also be the starting point for talks that can then continue,

That paves the way for their candidate, Friedrich Merz (pictured), to take over from Olaf Scholz as chancellor after coalition talks. The second was that the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) had surged to its best-ever score,

Caretaker Chancellor Olaf Scholz must take no significant foreign or domestic policy decision without first consulting Merz's team, it ordered, the 69-year-old told reporters. "Conservatives want to put Scholz on a leash!

After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect itself on Monday in preparation for a potential new role as

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks, on the day he receives the 2025 Research and Innovation report by the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI), in Berlin, Germany February 26, 2025.

A reform of Germany's constitutionally enshrined debt brake, which limits public borrowing, would be discussed by the leaders of the conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) in coalition talks,

Incumbent German chancellor and SPD candidate Olaf Scholz called the outcome of the general election in Germany on Sunday (February 23) “a bitter result” and a defeat for his party. Could these jumping mice change how astronauts exercise?

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the federal election result “bitter.” On Sunday, the SPD slumped to its worst election result since World War II.  (Source: Bloomberg)

Germany’s Social Democrats are under pressure to quickly revamp leadership as a role in a new government beckons, even though Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party slumped to its worst election result since World War II.

The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he can still win.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has voted in a German election that comes after his governing coalition collapsed last year. Scholz then lost a confidence vote, forcing President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dis