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Four candidates are competing for the top chancellor job, incumbent Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Robert Habeck of the ...

The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it ...

even though Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party slumped to its worst election result since World War II. Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and his ...

and Christian Social Union (CSU), the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Greens, and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Electoral System: Germany's ...

The ripple effect that Germany’s election could spell across Britain, the US and EU German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded ... s conservative Christian Democratic Union, next to Bavaria ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), is set to take the reins of the country’s government following a national election that saw his party secure ...

Germany Elections: Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), casts ... The election follows the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition last year ...

Scholz condemned the AfD's historic gains, calling the election result "bitter" for his center-left Social Democrats and acknowledging it as a "defeat." While taking responsibility for the outcome ...

London | Germans are set to dump socialist chancellor Olaf Scholz in Sunday’s federal ... coalition with the left. Merz’s Christian Democratic Union is almost certain to top the vote, having ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be succeeded by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz after his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), secured the largest vote share in Germany's ...