Three-party coalition government collapsed after the chancellor fired his finance minister amid a row over the budget.

Opposition parties have made calls for an immediate vote of confidence after Chancellor Scholz sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Losing the vote would pave the way for snap elections. DW has ...

Germany’s leader is expected to lead the country with a minority government after the collapse of the coalition ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Free Democrats, accusing Lindner of breaching his ...

German stocks and government bond yields rose early Thursday as investors hoped a snap election might deliver a new ...

After decades of relative stability, the country has entered a new era of political fragmentation and will hold new elections ...

Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The collapse of Germany's ruling coalition is set to bring more economic pain in the months ahead and just ...

Jörg Kukies was appointed as Germany's new finance minister on Thursday, as pressure mounts on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to call ...

The collapse of the German government on Wednesday has pushed Bund-swap spreads into negative territory. The knock-on effect ...

Germany's governing coalition has collapsed after Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired a key minister and said he would call a vote of confidence in his government early next year.

Joerg Kukies, a member of Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats and a close ally of the chancellor, will be named Germany's new finance minister, government sources told AFP on Thursday.