Chancellor Olaf Sholz’s government coalition imploded and his poll numbers are dismal. But, at his party’s conference this weekend, he made it clear that he won’t give up without a fight.

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) on Saturday confirmed Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the party's top candidate for February's parliamentary elections. Only a few delegates bucked the majority, who overwhelmingly supported Scholz's bid to return to the Chancellery in a vote by show of hands at the party's conference in Berlin.

Germany’s ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Saturday, January 11, 2025, formally confirmed Chancellor Olaf Scholz as its candidate for the Feb. 23 parliamentary election. Delivering a wide-ranging speech at a special party convention in Berlin,

So far, the leadership of the center-left Social Democratic Party is publicly demonstrating support for Scholz as their top candidate for the upcoming election on February 23, 2025. But with Scholz's low popularity ratings and the election campaign already heating up,

Olaf Scholz has been officially nominated by the SPD as a candidate for Chancellor of Germany. The elections will be held on February 23. Olaf Scholz has been officially nominated by the SPD as a candidate for Chancellor of Germany.