German lawmakers voted this week to dissolve the government. French President Emmanuel Macron recently named the country’s fourth prime minister in a year’s span. What on earth is happening ...

Germany has asked the European Union to soften its rules on sustainability reporting for companies as the bloc’s largest economy grapples with a downturn. Berlin is calling for the EU’s Corporate ...

The CDU, on the other hand, wants to adhere to those spending rules, arguing in its party manifesto, that “the debts of today are the tax increases of tomorrow.” German economists have criticised the ...

Germany is urging the EU Commission to “come forward with rapid and tangible regulatory measures” to simplify the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), the EU Taxonomy framework, and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, right, of CDU speaks as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, centre, looks on ...

By Jim Tankersley Jim Tankersley, a longtime economic policy correspondent, leads coverage of Germany for The Times. If you are looking for a quick explanation for why Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ...

The ever-present two dominant parties of German politics, the Christian Democrats (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), unofficially known as the Union, make up one grouping. The Social ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in the German parliament. It is the outcome Scholz had hoped for when he called for the confidence vote last week, analysts say.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a no-confidence vote Monday in the country's Parliament, paving the way for a snap election in February next year. Confidence votes in Germany are relatively rare.

Comscore ranked the Telugu film Pushpa 2: The Rule at the third slot on the list for top-scoring movies over the weekend ending December 15. The film made $29.2 million in its second weekend ...

The German Bundestag is holding a vote of confidence for Chancellor Olaf Scholz today. After the collapse of the German "traffic light coalition" and Scholz governing with a minority coalition ...