He will hope to pull off another surprise victory, as he did in 2021 when he replaced Angela Merkel. Read more at ...

For once, Scholz, often mocked as a robotic speaker without emotion, appeared to be angry – even resentful. In a speech , ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is known for being a rather boring public speaker. But in explaining why he sacked finance minister and coalition partner Christian Lindner, the chancellor displayed ...

Joerg Kukies, Germany's new finance minister, is a former investment banker who has long been one of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ...

Cecilia Malmstrom, who served as European commissioner for trade from 2014 to 2019, said she felt Mr Trump would certainly ...

Many residents are angry about what they call an inadequate crisis response. DW's Jan-Philipp Scholz reports from one of the worst-affected communities.

With Germany’s government collapsing and Europeans so divided in their response to Trump, unity is essential yet elusive ...

Germany enters a period of political uncertainty Thursday after its fragile three-party ruling coalition collapsed on the same day Donald Trump won the US election. Chancellor Olaf Scholz -- who ...

Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall stood for 28 years at the front line of the Cold War between the Americans and the Soviets.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), Economy Minster Robert Habeck's Greens and Finance Minister Christian Lindner's Free Democrats (FDP) have been at odds for months over how best to ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is holding further talks with his two most senior coalition partners Tuesday as his fractious ruling alliance seeks to finalize next year’s budget and set aside ...

In Europe, Germany was even more unsettled, in part because the news from Washington coincided with the (unrelated) collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition ... If you were angry at any ...