German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost the confidence vote in parliament. It's the end of his fractious coalition government and it marks an historic transition for Europe's largest economy.

Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in his farewell speech on Monday evening, praised Germany's imminent change of government as an "expression of democratic normality." In these times, "it is ...

A third state election follows Sept. 22 in another eastern state, Brandenburg, currently led by Scholz's party. Germany's next national election is due in a little over a year.

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 ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, paving the way forward for an early parliamentary election in February.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected “outside” interference in German elections, insisting that they would decide their democracy for themselves, as he hit back at comments made by the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz bites his finger, on the day of a confidence vote called by him to pave way for snap election, at lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, December 16 ...