Germany's procurement of thousands of tanks has faced criticism for being outdated. But armored vehicles are still an ...

Social Democratic Party leader Olaf Scholz, the front-runner in the polls to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is credited for transforming Hamburg when he was the city's mayor.

Some 100 SDP signatories pose a stark challenge to the war fever whipped up by party leaders and Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

Olaf Scholz has some big shoes to fill. The German Finance Minister will be sworn in as German chancellor next month, barring any 11th-hour setbacks – weeks after he led his Social Democratic ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Germany of wanting to participate in Ukrainian attacks inside Russia's borders, just ...

Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new Chancellor on Wednesday, bringing to an end Angela Merkel’s four terms at the helm of Europe’s largest economy.

Scholz’s strategy has made him the front-runner to succeed Merkel as Germany’s next chancellor. Yet winning an election and retaining power are two different things, and respect has to be more ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had hoped for this outcome when he called for the confidence vote, analysts say. His aim: to win fresh elections in February and come back with a stronger mandate.

Germany’s minimum wage is set to rise by about 14% over the next 18 months under an agreement that appears to defuse a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was set to run for a second term in upcoming snap elections after his popular Defence Minister Boris Pistorius - a possible replacement - ruled himself out of the ...

Olaf Scholz wants to win back workers who defected to the populist far right. Success could make him a model for Social Democrats everywhere. By Katrin Bennhold BERLIN — Last December, as he was ...

BERLIN — When Olaf Scholz asked his fellow Social Democrats to nominate him as their candidate for chancellor, some inside his own camp publicly wondered if the party should bother fielding a ...