Browsing: Olaf Scholz

Friedrich Merz Germany 2025: Winner Merz weighing up coalition options after ruling out AfD partership The Conservative CDU won the…

German election latest – Exit poll predicts CDU win as far-right AfD surges and Olaf Scholz humiliated Exit polls have now been…

There’s a lot to learn about how people in Germany vote, and how age, gender, occupation, education and where you live can influence your political leanings.

On Sunday 23 February 2025, Germans will head to the polling stations to cast their votes in the snap federal election. They will vote twice: once for a candidate in their local constituency and a second vote for a German political party at the state level.

A newfound “spirit of optimism” echoed throughout speeches at the Left Party’s (Die Linke) convention in Berlin on Saturday, signalling a potential turnaround for Die Linke as Germany’s February 23 parliamentary elections approach.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a parliamentary confidence vote, paving the way for early elections on February 23. The move follows the collapse of his three-party coalition in November, leaving Scholz leading a minority government reliant on opposition support.

On Monday afternoon the time had come it was due to be a hard but fair day for Olaf Scholz.…

  As Germany faces significant economic challenges, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has taken the rare step of submitting a vote of…

The announcement, which Boris Pistorius made in a video posted to SDP social media channels, clears the way for incumbent…

Scholz’s SPD narrowly defeats far-right AfD in crucial Brandenburg election Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz narrowly avoided a significant political setback…