FRANKFURT, Germany -- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections ...

The new elections would allow for Olaf Scholz's party to have a chance to take power or allow a new majority government to ...

Germany will elect a new government seven months ahead of schedule after President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved ...

"I have decided to dissolve the 20th German Bundestag to fix the date for an early election for February 23," said President ...

Since the post-World War II constitution doesn't allow the Bundestag to dissolve itself, it was up to Steinmeier to decide ...

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz asked Germany's parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing an early national election following his ...

Once parliament is dissolved ... during the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Credit: AP/Markus Schreiber Scholz’s pitch to voters includes ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany's parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first formal step towards securing an early national ...

The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf ... Democrats and the Greens without a parliamentary majority just when Germany faces a deepening economic crisis. Under rules designed to prevent ...

Once parliament is dissolved ... Scholz's pitch to voters includes pledges to "modernize" Germany's strict self-imposed rules on running up debt, to increase the national minimum wage and to ...

Between 1989 and 1994, Merz was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany. He subsequently became a member of the Bundestag, or German parliament, representing the CDU there until 2009.

He is being challenged by Jörg Urban of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ... an absolute majority of 61 votes in the 120-member parliament, while in a second round, if needed, a ...