Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to revitalise Germany's ailing economy at a campaign event in the historic home base of crisis-hit auto titan Volkswagen. The embattled chancellor,

Olaf Scholz became German chancellor with a pledge to modernise and jolt Europe’s largest economy from its paralysis. But just two months after taking office, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 ripped the Social Democrat’s plans apart and strained his coalition with the Greens and the Liberals.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under mounting pressure ahead of next month's snap election as the country's economy shrinks for a second year in a row.

While addressing Trump supporters in Washington on Monday, the tech billionaire brought his hand to his chest and extended it straight out, twice, before saying: "My heart goes out to you." The gesture sparked controversy as it drew comparisons to a Nazi salute.

Essen is looking to compel both asylum seekers and recipients of welfare to work for the city in an effort to stoke an economy blighted by unemployment and stagnation.

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany's responsibility to pass down the memory of the Holocaust to each generation "will not end." He also warned of an "alarming normalization" of antisemitism on ...

Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has launched a thinly veiled attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz for ...

BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has set off a fierce political debate in Germany by making new Ukraine aid contingent on loosening his country’s strict spending restraints. As invading Russian forces make slow, grinding gains in Ukraine, German leaders ...

Jan 17 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock indirectly criticised Chancellor Olaf Scholz for his reluctance to approve a further 3 billion euros ($3.09 billion) in additional ...