For the second time in his life, Friedrich Merz is a step away from taking charge of Germany. Losing the fight to control the ...

German chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has sacked his finance minister Christian Lindner (FDP) and delivered an aggressive ...

After firing his finance minister and effectively ending the governing coalition, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has laid out ...

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It’s a particularly bad time for Berlin to be experiencing political paralysis pending the formation of a new government.

While Scholz favoured putting a lid on energy costs and funding state-backed measures to save jobs in the ailing auto sector, ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has stepped in to mediate discussions between parties deadlocked over the date for ...

The German economy, once described as Europe's growth engine, has underperformed euro zone peers since 2018 and faces further ...

The end of Germany’s coalition government heralds a further intensification of the class struggle and the pro-war policy. The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) is standing in ...

The coalition party in German came to an end on Wednesday, Nov. 6, following a series of events, which ultimately led to the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, mired in crisis after his three-party coalition collapsed this week, said Friday he is open to ...

Germany's coalition government has collapsed over budget issues, including increasing aid to Ukraine. However, Germany's conservative opposition could ensure continuity.