“I would have liked to have spared you this difficult decision,” said Mr. Scholz during an impromptu news conference in the chancellery on Wednesday evening after several days of talks aimed ...

The leaders of what is known in Germany as the "traffic light" coalition - SPD, FDP and the Greens - had gathered at the Chancellery in Berlin in the evening. About an hour after the news was ...

BERLIN, Nov 6 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Wednesday after weeks of wrangling over the future economic direction of the government ...

Scholz sacks finance minister Lindner over budget disputes Scholz expected to lead minority government with Social Democrats and Greens To hold confidence vote in January triggering snap elections ...

German leader Olaf Scholz has replaced his finance minister with current state secretary in the chancellery Jörg Kukies, according to domestic outlets. Kukies, who worked at Goldman Sachs for 17 ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister on Wednesday, leaving the government teetering on the brink of collapse. In a televised address, Scholz said he had dismissed Finance ...

“Dear fellow citizens, I would have liked to have spared you this difficult decision, especially in times like these, when uncertainty is growing,” said Scholz in a statement at the chancellery.

Scholz fired his finance minister during a crunch meeting of senior figures from all three ideologically disparate parties at the chancellery, Scholz's spokesman Steffen Hebestreit told AFP.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a media briefing at the Chancellery after sacking Finance Minister Christian Lindner following a meeting with the heads of the so-called \"Traffic Light ...

Queen Margrethe was hospitalised in September after the former Queen of Denmark suffered a fall. The royal was discharged a day later, but she has now undertaken her first engagement. The 84-year ...

This could lead to new elections in spring 2025. During the course of Wednesday, the coalition leaders met again at the Federal Chancellery for crisis talks. In the evening, the first media ...

The turmoil hits Europe's biggest economy as it grapples with a sustained downturn and as Berlin worries about the impact Donald Trump's return to the White House will have on trade and security ties.