Trouble has been building within the German government for some time, so it was no surprise that Christian Lindner finally ...

With elections due in just over three months' time, Germany's conservative opposition is riding high in the opinion polls.

With elections due in just over three months' time, Germany's conservative opposition is riding high in the opinion polls.

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 has announced he will ask for a vote of confidence in December, setting the path for an early ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democrats (SPD) has sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Liberals (FDP). The leaders of what is known in Germany as the "traffic light coalition" - ...

For decades, German governments have pursued the project of a free-market European empire. Today the war in Ukraine and US ...

In his first speech to the Bundestag following the collapse of his government, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way for early ...

Germany will hold a snap election on February 23 after the country's three-party coalition collapsed last week. The date for ...

Spending questions were central to the tensions between Scholz and former finance minister Christian Lindner, who was fired by the chancellor last Wednesday. The rupture led Lindner's liberal FDP ...

The coalition could not agree how to fund new support for Ukraine and failed to fully implement the ‘Zeitenwende’. A new ...