The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz's invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government on Monday, clearing the way for an early election on Feb. 23 necessitated by ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he will ask for a vote of confidence on Dec. 16, ... Scholz as well as Friedrich Merz, the head of the main opposition party in parliament, ...

German lawmakers are expected to vote on a new budget that sharply raises public spending, with the plan calling for new ...

German lawmakers have voted to suspend family reunions for many migrants. It's part of a drive by the new conservative-led ...

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

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) must be ready for painful compromises in government, parliamentary group leader ...

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel popularized the term when she addressed the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in 2008. Although the idea has no official legal standing, Merkel's successor, Olaf Scholz ...

Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock is to give up her seat in the Bundestag, the country's lower house of parliament, ahead of becoming president of the United Nations General Assembly ...