The decision follows a budget fight that prompted Chancellor Olaf Scholz to fire his finance minister and announce a ...

Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment ... but it will be difficult to pass legislation. As a result, Germany faces political gridlock. Scholz has said he would call a vote of ...

A political crisis at home threatens further pain for Germany's car, banking and energy industries, as they grapple with an ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will not table a vote of confidence in parliament on Wednesday, a government spokesman has ...

Germany now faces turmoil at a time of broader uncertainty. The political crisis was triggered just hours after it was announced former US President Donald Trump will get a second term – an ...

The U.S. election results dominated German media coverage Wednesday as the European nation faces its own political tensions.

Those who draw a line from today to that infamous historical moment when democracy slid into authoritarianism are missing a ...

In a country where Donald Trump is deeply unpopular, German media were busy explaining how and why the billionaire won the US election. One newspaper ran an opinion piece headlined with the English ...

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 ...