Olaf Scholz reflected on his years in government as the Social Democratic Party congress bids farewell to the former ...

Former German chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday promised his party the Social Democrats that he can be counted on to cherish ...

After years of sputtering and frustration, the Franco-German engine – the most powerful force within Europe – is humming ...

Germany’s minimum wage is set to rise by about 14% over the next 18 months under an agreement that appears to defuse a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday rejected calls for a no-confidence vote after he fired his finance minister in a signal that his coalition government was collapsing, saying he will lead ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had hoped for this outcome when he called for the confidence vote, analysts say. His aim: to win fresh elections in February and come back with a stronger mandate.

In November, Scholz's government collapsed after the Free Democrat Party quit over the country's debt. An early election to replace Scholz will occur on Feb. 23 following Monday's no-confidence vote.

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 ...

Scholz is widely expected to lose the vote, paving the way for the Feb. 23 election. The internal document, which was first reported by German media on Nov. 18, ...

Germany plans to increase defence spending to 3.5% of its GDP by 2029, marking a substantial rise from the 2% NATO quota it ...

Scholz's center-left Social Democrats were at least set to remain in the two state legislatures with single-digit support, but the environmentalist Greens were set to lose their seats in Thuringia.