Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

INSANE: 28 | Rare Historical Photos

German chancellor Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections

Scholz had called the vote to deliberately lose it following the collapse of his coalition government

The Guardian - UK

Germany Faces Snap Elections After Chancellor Scholz Loses Confidence Vote

Germany prepares for snap elections with CDU/CSU and SPD leading the race amid economic and immigration concerns.

Top News

Under-fire Scholz To Trigger German Elections With Confidence Vote

Germany's embattled centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz traded angry blows with his top rival ahead of a parliament vote Monday that was expected to trigger the process towards February 23 elections.

International Business Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

German Chancellor Scholz loses no confidence vote ahead of February elections

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday lost a confidence vote in parliament, paving the way for an early general election on 23 February. Scholz had been expected to lose the vote after his three-way coalition fell apart last month.

Radio France Internationale

Why the Franco-German engine that powered the EU is currently kaput

Beset by political crises and economic turmoil, the bloc’s two biggest countries are both at a crossroads

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Macron’s Notre-Dame reopening is an ode to history in a Europe with no clear future

COMMENT: Despite Notre-Dame’s return as the spiritual centre of Paris, its reconstruction is a tribute to former glories rather than a sign that France or Europe is enjoying a renaissance, Mark Almond writes

The Independent UK

Germany's far-right AfD party nominates a candidate for chancellor in the upcoming election

The far-right Alternative for Germany party has presented its candidate for chancellor in the country’s upcoming election

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Alice Weidel, German Far Right's Unlikely Hope For Chancellor

With a snap general election looming in the new year, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will officially nominate co-leader Alice Weidel as its candidate to be chancellor on Saturday.

International Business Times

Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

AfD parliamentary candidate and influencers posed for photos with now president-elect at his Florida home

The Guardian - UK

Angela Merkel admits EU felt ‘abandoned’ by UK in Brexit referendum

The former German chancellor also revealed she had no regrets over Russian gas deal and denial of Ukraine Nato membership

The Independent UK

‘The constitutional court is easy to crack’: the threats to German democracy go on stage

Legal journalist Maximilian Steinbeis’s play A Citizen of the People shows how a party like the AfD could go about upending the country’s 75-year-old democracy

The Guardian - UK

No Regrets: Merkel Looks Back At Refugee Crisis, Russia Ties

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel gives a spirited defence of her 16 years at the helm of Europe's top economy in her memoir "Freedom", released in 30 languages on Tuesday.

International Business Times

From far-right gains to the economy: What’s at stake in Germany’s election?

Germans will head to the polls early next year after the coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed.

Al Jazeera

German Greens' Robert Habeck To Lead Bruised Party Into Elections

Germany's Greens have been environmental trailblazers but their top candidate, Robert Habeck, goes into snap national elections bruised by three stormy years in government that ended in a political crisis.

International Business Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Top News

German Chancellor Seeks Confidence Vote Amid Political Turmoil

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for vote of confidence, leading to early election in February after coalition collapse due to economic challenges.

The Guardian - UK

Olaf Scholz delivers plea for German unity ahead of confidence vote

Chancellor makes fiery appeal in parliament for opposition support ‘for the good of the country’

The Guardian - UK

German opposition leader plans climate action reverse and immigration controls as Scholz paves way for election – as it happened

German chancellor confirms vote of confidence date, giving path to 23 February election, as Friedrich Merz attempts to create distance between parties

The Conversation

Germany’s post-Holocaust moral remaking is being challenged by the rise of the far-right – and wars in Gaza and Ukraine

Current conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza (now spreading across the Middle East), have placed Germany in a difficult position, forcing it to reconsider its role in the world. A uniquely German sense of guilt and shame for the Holocaust “inseparably” ties the Israel-Palestine conflict to “Germany’s unquestionable solidarity with Israel”,…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Germany to hold snap election on 23 February

President approves date agreed by leading Social Democrats and opposition conservatives

The Conversation

Germany set for snap election following collapse of Olaf Scholz’s coalition

Germany is expected to hold a snap election in February after Chancellor Olaf Scholz reportedly agreed a deal with opposition politicians for an early vote.

Radio France Internationale

Germany marks 1989 Berlin Wall fall with 'Preserve Freedom' party

Germany marked 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities on Saturday under the theme "Preserve Freedom!", against the somber backdrop of war in Gaza and Ukraine, and fears that democracy is under attack around the world.

The Guardian - UK

The collapse of Germany’s government will delight Trump – and his European friends

The German dream of centrist, stable government has been dashed by geopolitical forces and the cult of balanced budgets, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre

International Business Times

Germany Marks 1989 Berlin Wall Fall With 'Preserve Freedom' Party

Germany marks 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell with festivities from Saturday under the theme "Preserve Freedom!"

The Guardian - UK

Why has Germany’s government collapsed and what happens next?

Olaf Scholz’s sacking of his finance minister has plunged Europe’s largest economy into considerable uncertainty

The Guardian - UK

Olaf Scholz faces calls for confidence vote after German coalition collapses

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz opposes timetable laid out by chancellor in news conference

1 … 27 28 29 30

People

FrankWalter Steinmeier

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Alternative for Germany

the European Policy Centre

52 stories

the Democratic Alliance

the Christian Democrats

15 stories

Free Democrats

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.