The three-year-old union between Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and Lindner's Free Democratic Party (FDP) had been on shaky ground for some time. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he ...

Four candidates are competing for the top chancellor job, incumbent Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Robert Habeck of the ...

Ex-Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to receive a state-paid office with a staff of eight. Opposition parties say this is too much.

Roughly 76 AfD lawmakers signaled they would vote for Scholz over fears that Friedrich Merz -- a possible successor in the center-right Christian Democratic Union party -- may toss Germany to war ...

Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democratic Union's candidate for chancellor, has not shied away from blasting Olaf Scholz's economic policies and linking them to the lackluster state of Europe's ...

News about Christian Democratic Union (Germany). ... Should Olaf Scholz Step Aside in the New Race for German Chancellor? Increasing numbers in his own center-left party say he should, ...

If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is offering to get the German economic engine humming again.