Scholz's coalition collapsed last month Confidence vote loss could trigger early election Polls show conservatives in lead, ahead of far-right Alternative for Germany BERLIN, Dec 11 (Reuters ...

Energy High energy prices remain a major challenge for households and businesses in Germany and an important election campaign topic. The CDU, SPD and Greens agree on expanding renewable energy to ...

Scholz's SPD has dropped to third from first place in the 2021 election, with 17%, followed by the Greens on 11% and the BSW on 8%. The FDP and Left party are polling at 5% and 3% respectively ...

Scholz urged lawmakers to work together in the remaining window before the elections to pass measures still on the agenda. That includes keeping a cap on electricity prices to help Germany's ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has formally set Germany on course for an early election by requesting a confidence vote in parliament ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections for Feb. 23 in the wake ...

Though it was initially overshadowed by former President Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election, the results of which were announced the same day, the news that Germany's ...

Early elections have been extremely rare in Germany, but they are a vital democratic measure. They are regulated by the German constitution and require the approval of several constitutional ...

Media reports say Germany's biggest political parties have reached agreement on a timetable leading towards a snap election after the governing coalition collapsed last week. DW has more.

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz formally set Germany on course for an early election Wednesday by requesting a confidence vote in parliament next week. Five weeks after his three-party ...