BERLIN — German opposition parties and business groups on Thursday urged Chancellor Olaf Scholz to trigger a new election quickly to minimize political uncertainty after his rocky three-way coalition ...

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

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be succeeded by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz after his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), secured the largest vote share in Germany's ...

One day after Vice President JD Vance delivered a scathing speech to European leaders in Munich, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz took the same stage to offer an apparent rebuke to Vance’s remarks, ...

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest man and leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, has engaged for weeks in a back-and-forth with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as a German election looms, ...

Second, look at the opposition. Mr Scholz may be the most unpopular chancellor of modern times. But his main opponent, Friedrich Merz, the cdu/csu candidate, fares little better (see chart), and he is ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz responded to criticism from billionaire Elon Musk. Musk called Scholz an "incompetent fool" and signaled his support for Germany's AfD party. In a new interview, Scholz ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz offered subtle criticism around billionaire Elon Musk’s influence on President-elect Trump early Tuesday, saying the nation’s fate will not be decided by “the owners of ...

Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has dissolved parliament and set the date for the country's snap elections as February 23. He announced on Friday that he had done this at Chancellor Olaf ...

Embattled German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a no-confidence vote Monday, triggering an early election in February of next year. Friedrich Merz, head of the center-right Christian Democratic Union, is ...