Oct. 30, 2024 05:50 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's economy is struggling and the governing coalition has a lot of ideas on how to fix it. But it can't agree which the right one is.
The latest outbreak of infighting in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government has raised questions about whether it will get anything...
Sep. 13, 2024 07:17 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Wolfgang Gerhardt, a politician who led Germany's pro-business Free Democrats from 1995 to 2001, died on Friday at the age of 80.
Gerhardt's death was announced by Christian Lindner, the current head of the Free Democrats, a small party that has been a coalition...
Aug. 16, 2024 10:54 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's quarrelsome governing coalition reached an agreement Friday on details of the country's 2025 budget, weeks after Chancellor Olaf Scholz and top officials clinched an initial deal that then got bogged down in a new dispute, further damaging the unpopular government's image....