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Scholz said it was a "clear and straightforward" decision to fire his finance minister, Christian Lindner, a move which set the wheels in motion for the confidence vote, and possible election in 2025.

6, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a statement after a meeting with government leaders in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ...

Germany’s embattled Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday he would be ready to ask for a confidence vote this year to pave the way for snap elections. Scholz, whose coalition collapsed on Wednesday ...

Germans want elections and they want them as soon as possible. Trust in Chancellor Olaf Scholz has hit a new low prompting the Opposition and now, according to a recent poll, voters in the country ...

Chancellor Scholz announced his intention to continue working with the Green Party in a minority government and to seek a vote of confidence on January 15, 2025. He will then probably lose this ...

Germany's coalition government disintegrated dramatically after Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) following intense ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told US President-elect Donald Trump in a phone call that his government is ready to continue “decades of successful cooperation” between the two countries ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Germany’s employers to hire more people and pay higher wages to help revive economic growth. More skilled workers recruited from abroad and an increase in the ...

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday demanded a calm debate from Germany's squabbling factions on setting the date for a snap election to pull the country out of a political crisis.