Fiscal and economic policy differences have been blamed for the German government collapsing, but what role did the country’s ...

The leader of Germany's pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) on Tuesday said he believes the winner of national elections set to ...

Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP) on Saturday downplayed reports that it had long been preparing to break away from the ...

The decision follows a budget fight that prompted Chancellor Olaf Scholz to fire his finance minister and announce a ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian democratic (CDU/CSU) opposition, is pushing for a confidence vote before ...

With the collapse of Scholz's government, German politics, long celebrated for its stability, has descended into turmoil. Why ...

Spending questions were central to the tensions between Scholz and former finance minister Christian Lindner, who was fired by the chancellor last Wednesday. The rupture led Lindner's liberal FDP ...

WIESBADEN, Germany - Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is ready for a snap election and has its eyes on the position ...

The man at the heart of the dramatic collapse of Germany's fractious ruling coalition, Finance Minister Christian Lindner, had long signalled his unhappiness with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government.

The man at the heart of the dramatic collapse of Germany's fractious ruling coalition, Finance Minister Christian Lindner, ...

After sacking the FDP's Christian Lindner, effectively ending the coalition with the Free Democrats, Olaf Scholz is expected to head a minority government with his Social Democrats and the Greens ...