The ripple effect that Germany’s election could spell across Britain, the US and EU German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) after what he called ...

The Social Democrats (SPD) conceded defeat, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calling the result "bitter." He was speaking ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the federal election result "bitter." On Sunday, the SPD slumped to its worst election ...

This one’s categoric. The SPD, Germany’s oldest party, had the worst result in a national election in well over a century. After the results came in, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced he will not serve ...

A 95-year-old woman who helped raise almost £2 million by setting up a charity shop met the King at a celebration for the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces an increasingly precarious political position as his Social Democratic Party (SPD) struggles to maintain relevance. Recent polls show the party has fallen to an ...

Meanwhile the governing centre-left SPD has slumped to third place in what looks set to be a disastrous result for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party. The party are already describing the result as a ...

Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU. In a survey conducted by the ...

And now we await the more serious questions ... To kick off tonight's debate, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and opposition leader Friedrich Merz (CDU) are asked simply to describe the general mood ...

Image: Olaf Scholz's SPD party collapsed to the third largest party - with 16.4% of the vote. Pic: AP Meanwhile Christian Lindner - FDP party leader and former finance minister, whose dismissal by ...

Germany's national elections saw Olaf Scholz's SPD defeated, with Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance winning over 28% of the vote. The far-right AfD surged to second place with 20%, while coalition ...