The chancellor, lagging in the polls ahead of the Feb. 23 election, called for an investigation into why the Afghan suspect was even in Germany.

Weidel is standing to succeed Olaf Scholz as German chancellor ... In case those Brussels officials hadn’t quite got the point, he added: “I think Alice Weidel is a very reasonable person. And hopefully people can tell just from this conversation ...

AfD national chairwoman Alice Weidel in Riesa and Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Sebastian Kahnert/dpa via AP)

The fragile three-way coalition in the Bundestag has shattered. Olaf Scholz, the chancellor, has lost a vote of confidence and Germany is hurtling towards a snap federal election on Feb 23 – more than six months ahead of schedule. So who is tipped to come out on top?

(Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz amped up on criticism of US ... Scholz’s main competitors to lead Germany, Friedrich Merz and Alice Weidel, also spoke on Saturday at meetings ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Elon Musk's support for the far-right in Europe, calling it "completely unacceptable" on Friday. Musk recently stated that only the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD),

A convention of the far-right Alternative for Germany party was met by protests on Saturday as it and other major parties launch their campaigns for the country's election next month. Alternative for Germany,

Musk, who worked last year to help reelect Donald Trump in the United States, told Alice Weidel, a co-leader of the Alternative ... claiming Germany under center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz is “teetering on the edge of economic and cultural collapse.”

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz amped up on criticism of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over the integrity of borders during an animated speech meant to motivate Social Democrats ahead of a federal election next month.

Donald Trump's return to the White House has darkened the mood in Germany a month before elections, as multiple crises shake the foundations on which Europe's biggest economy built its post-war prosperity.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Elon Musk’s support for the far-right in Europe is “completely unacceptable.”