Olaf Scholz, Germany's finance minister, and Chancellor Angela Merkel talk at the beginning of the plenary session in the German parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin on Jan. 28.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz worried by far-right surge after regional election wins "Our country cannot and must not get used to this. The AfD is damaging Germany," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ...

German opposition leader and Christian Union parties floor leader Friedrich Merz arrives for a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, Nov.7, 2024.

Olaf Scholz, center right, with members of the Social Democratic party’s parliamentary group in in Berlin in September. Mr. Scholz will be Germany’s ninth postwar chancellor.

Scholz sets Germany on course for an early election as he requests a confidence vote next week German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for the cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany ...

Olaf Scholz, who replaced Angela Merkel as chancellor about three weeks ago, gave the traditional New Year’s Eve address for the first time and called for unity and vaccinations. By Christopher ...

Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new Chancellor on Wednesday, bringing to an end Angela Merkel’s four terms at the helm of Europe’s largest economy.

Scholz’s coalition is battling budget woes and leaking support Olaf Scholz in the Bundestag on Jan. 31.Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Gift this article ...

Olaf Scholz has some big shoes to fill. The German Finance Minister will be sworn in as German chancellor next month, barring any 11th-hour setbacks – weeks after he led his Social Democratic ...

In February, Mr. Scholz surprised the world, and his own country, when he responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a 100-billion-euro plan to rearm Germany, send weapons to Ukraine and end ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany last week at the United Nations in New York. “Leadership does not mean you do what people ask you,” he said. Peter Foley/EPA, via Shutterstock ...

Scholz was less direct when asked whether Germany would oppose Nord Stream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine. "We are acting together," the chancellor said, vowing to take the "necessary steps ...