Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next head of government, is already trying to shape foreign policy. He is especially concerned about Germany's ailing relationships with France and Poland.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed on Wednesday the proposal from Ukraine and the United States for a 30-day ceasefire in ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that a halt in fighting could be a starting point for potential peace talks for ...

Olaf Scholz, who broke unpopularity records as Chancellor ... EU’s largest economy and most influential country alongside France. The war in Ukraine remains deeply divisive.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice ... said at the conference that President Emmanuel Macron of France had called an emergency meeting of European leaders to discuss ...

Europe remains divided on how to support Ukraine and shore up its defenses in the face of Russian aggression, as emergency ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday said a deal to end ... the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Spain insisted that any peace deal in Ukraine could not be achieved without the ...

KASSEL, Germany, Feb 17 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to see ... input on ending the Ukraine conflict. Scholz will join the leaders of France, Britain, Denmark, Poland, Italy ...

It was easy to forget that Merz is not yet in charge, and it was not him but the still-incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz ... to extend France's nuclear umbrella to protect Germany, Scholz reacted ...

Olaf Scholz’s failure was his refusal to adapt ... Germany’s strategic drift became apparent as relations with France and Poland deteriorated over everything from energy policy to Ukraine ...