European stocks closed weak on Friday with investors reacting to corporate earnings announcements, and assessing the Bank of England ...

Investors also closely monitored political developments in Germany. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s effort to engage with Friedrich Merz, leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Union, faced strong ...

The frontrunner in the polls is Friedrich Merz, the head of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party of ex-leader Angela Merkel. Lindner, the man at the center of the storm, meanwhile said he ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz urges calm amid Germany's political turmoil, as a date for a snap election is debated. Disagreements ...

Germany's main opposition leader Friedrich Merz criticised Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday as "irresponsible" for delaying ...

The congratulations from European leaders to President-elect Donald Trump are flowing like champagne, which is incidentally ...

Germany’s ruling coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz imploded after months of infighting between his center-left Social ...

About two thirds of German voters want snap elections as soon as possible after this week's collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ruling coalition, a poll showed on Friday.

After firing his coalition partner, chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to call fresh elections in the new year.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the opposition centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU), accused Social Democrat Scholz of ...

The euro slipped again as investors eyed the unfolding German political crisis. Germany's conservative opposition leader ...