Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government coalition collapsed last month. Scholz, who is currently leading the country with a minority government, plans to call a confidence vote in parliament on Dec. 16.

The top four candidates to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck and Alice Weidel, ...

Alice Weidel is standing to succeed Olaf Scholz as German chancellor, and while that seems a long way off. | Pool Photo by Kay Nietfeld via Getty Images “The American people are demanding change,” he ...

Olaf Scholz . The 66-year-old has been Germany's chancellor since December 2021. ... Alice Weidel . The 46-year-old is making the first bid of the far-right, ...

AfD national chairwoman Alice Weidel in Riesa and Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP) ...

Alice Weidel, the long-shot chancellor candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany, slammed the European Union for destroying the country’s auto industry and proposed winding back the ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met AfD party leader Alice Weidel during a visit to Munich on Friday, nine days before Germany's election - but pointedly failed to meet with Germany's Chancellor Olaf ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz amped up on criticism of US President-elect Donald Trump over the integrity ... Friedrich Merz and Alice Weidel, ... Scholz, 66, said Trump’s recent ...