German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed the importance of keeping the path open for Ukraine to join the European Union and rejected suggestions that the country was to blame for its invasion by Russia,

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the presumptive next chancellor, believes the "urgency is great" for the country to agree on how to finance a hike in spending on defence and aid to Ukraine ahead of an EU summit on Thursday.

Ukraine should not face any obstacles on its way to the EU. US President Donald Trump's opinion that Ukraine is to blame for the war is not true, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says. Asked whether he shares the view of US President Donald Trump,

UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer has invited the outgoing German chancellor and other key leaders to a defence meeting in London on Sunday. View on euronews

Germany faces its second change of leader in less than four years after the head of the center-right opposition won Sunday’s election.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the country's presumptive next chancellor, is not expected to accompany outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz to a special EU summit in Brussels next month. Merz does not need a "government internship" or "hand-holding" ahead of taking power in Berlin,

Keir Starmer has been humiliated today. The German Chancellor has rejected Starmer's plans for Ukraine. Now it's emerged Olaf Scholz stormed out of a meeting with European leaders and is refusing to put troops in Ukraine.

The ripple effect that Germany’s election could spell across Britain, the US and EU German chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) after what he called ...

BERLIN ― Germany’s snap election, triggered by the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s left-leaning coalition, has resulted in a sharp rightward shift. With results now in, the next government is almost certainly to be led by Sunday’s conservative ...

Merz, 69, has promised to provide greater leadership than Chancellor Olaf Scholz and to liaise more with ... which steered the EU through the Euro crisis, has stagnated since the start of the ...

Scholz Defends Ukraine as Not to Blame for War, Underlines EU Membership Offer BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed the importance of keeping the path open for Ukraine to join ...