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Scholz's SPD Sees Worst Result Since World War II
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) finished third with 16% of the vote, according to estimates from ...
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Scholz acknowledges defeat, will remain in office until new coalition
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday evening that he would remain in office until the next coalition government is ...
Stunned SPD turns to supporting role in new German government
After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect ...
Conservatives win German election - as far-right AfD makes historic gains and Olaf Scholz's SPD collapses
Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc, has said "from tomorrow we start working" on forming a government as ...
Scholz takes responsibility for election ‘catastrophe’
German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) after what he called “a bitter ...
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German election 2025: The winners and losers
This one’s categoric. The SPD, Germany’s oldest party, had the worst result in a national election in well over a century. After the results came in, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced he will not ...
Debt Brake Reform Would Be Discussed by Party Leaders, Says Germany's Scholz
BERLIN (Reuters) - A reform of Germany's constitutionally enshrined debt brake, which limits public borrowing, would be ...
Voters flock to political extremes in Germany as the centrist parties stumble
Both the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland and the far-left Die Linke saw significant gains and were the most popular ...