The winner looks for a partner to form a majority. Since 2021, Scholz’s SPD had governed in an uneasy coalition with the liberal Free Democrats Party (FDP) and the Green Party. In the 16 years ...

Request for confidence vote to be submitted on Wednesday Scholz is expected to lose the vote New election likely in February Polls show opposition conservatives are on track to win BERLIN ...

Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in his leadership and Germany now faces its first election of the truly post-Angela Merkel era. Now Mrs Merkel’s legacy is tarnished, Germany is in recession, ...