Germany appears headed toward an unexpected election — and complete political upheaval — after its deeply unpopular ruling coalition collapsed this week. Until Wednesday, Germany, which ...

However, celebration of the milestone will, for many, be much subdued, given the nation’s deep economic and political funk. Despite the original promise of 1989, which hastened the end of Soviet ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday demanded a calm debate from Germany's squabbling factions on setting the date for a snap ...

“At the European level, political instability in Germany is not good news,'' Antonio Villafranca, vice president of the Italian think tank ISPI, said, noting that a strong Franco-German alliance ...

Political instability in Germany is damaging the European Union at a time when the bloc needs to be strong, several EU leaders have warned. German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s sacking of finance ...

A breakup of the divided and unpopular coalition well before elections set for next September could leave the country ...

German intelligence agencies are to continue investigating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) until after February's ...

General elections are held every four years in Germany. However, early elections can be conducted during political crises when the head of government, the chancellor, has lost his or her support ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s decision to fire finance minister Christian Lindner on Wednesday night has collapsed Germany’s coalition government, clearing the way for early elections in March, and casting ...

Scholz Calls for Cool Heads to Pull Germany Out of Political Crisis By Christian Kraemer and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday demanded a calm debate from Germany's ...

and criticising Germany’s obsessive commitment to net zero. The result has been to plunge Berlin into political uncertainty at an extremely inopportune time. In the words of one Ukrainian genera ...

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday demanded a calm debate from Germany's squabbling factions on setting the date for a snap election to pull the country out of a political crisis.