During the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, the German government provided billions in support to small businesses, the self-employed and freelancers. Now they are being asked to repay the aid. Many are ...

Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz has been heckled by pro-Palestinian protesters at the final Social Democrats (SPD) rally ahead of the European elections. Protesters are angry about Germany's support ...

German Chancellor and candidate of th Social Democratic Party (SPD), Olaf Scholz, speaks on stage at the party's headquarters, the Willy Brandt House, after the forecast of the German federal election ...

Crossing fast-track citizenship off the books was a key migration-related election campaign promise from Chancellor Merz's ...

The election result is also a crushing defeat for German chancellor Olaf Scholz himself. Scholz tried to play a prominent role during the election campaign, as his party hoped that they could benefit ...

(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 ...

This decline is not inevitable. Plenty of Germans still agree with what the SPD stands for: a generous welfare state, strong protection of workers’ rights, a progressive social agenda, commitment to ...

Germany’s Social Democrats backed Chancellor Olaf Scholz as their lead candidate for February’s snap election, as they look to erase a big deficit in the polls. Top SPD officials unanimously nominated ...

IN MOST DEMOCRACIES a “snap” election might be expected a few weeks hence. In Germany, it will take three and a half months. Party lists must be drawn up, ballot papers printed, municipalities and ...

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the far-right AfD and losses for his coalition "bitter" and urged mainstream parties to form ...

Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party is expected to suffer a setback in Sunday’s election in Berlin in what would be a blow to the chancellor and SPD Mayor Franziska Giffey. Giffey was appointed to ...

The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz's invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government on Monday, clearing the way for an early election on Feb. 23 necessitated by the ...