German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. During the debate the candidates ...

Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz are pictured in tv studio ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz faced off in a final debate on German television on Wednesday ahead of elections next Sunday. During the debate the candidates ...

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The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

While Merz’s CDU/CSU alliance won 28.6% of the votes, the only centrist two-party option for a majority in the Bundestag is to partner with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s battered Social Democrats.

Bruising times for center-left parties have U.K. Labour looking abroad — and trying to dodge the same pitfalls.

Germany’s likely next leader Friedrich Merz was set yesterday to defend his unprecedented plans to massively ramp up defense ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz noted that European suppport ... Ongoing financial and military support as well as European unity in the face of any aggression will be vital in the future.

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