After the collapse of Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition, follow our live-updating polling data and discover other possible coalitions ahead of February vote
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Fall of Assad regime prompts immigration rethink in Europe
Franziska Brantner open to post-election coalition despite CDU blaming ecological party for country’s stagnation
Olaf Scholz tries to depict conservative and Green candidates as warmongers ahead of February snap vote
Snap February poll comes as Europe’s largest economy faces its toughest challenges for decades
A failure to respond to Russian, Chinese and Syrian aggression helped to create the unstable world of today
FDP politicians resign after internal plans made public
What she does not say about Moscow is as significant as what she does say
The former German chancellor’s remarkable story is undermined by a failure to admit mistakes — though she does not pull her punches on Putin and Trump
Former chancellor’s memoirs back reform of borrowing cap that she introduced into constitution
A key indicator has fallen below zero for the first time as market braces for higher German borrowing
Boris Pistorius said speculation over who would be the party’s main candidate was damaging its campaign prospects
Ignoring Vladimir Putin’s opposition to 2008 proposal would have risked ‘playing with fire’, writes Germany’s ex-chancellor
German chancellor under pressure from own party to mirror US president and drop out of election race
While it loses sympathy abroad, the country faces political uncertainty at home
Germany is facing snap February poll after chancellor unexpectedly pulled plug on his coalition
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says phone call opens ‘Pandora’s box’ by giving Russian leader the resumption in contacts he wants
Police raid home of 64-year-old accused of insulting Robert Habeck and uploading an image to X that referenced the Nazi era
The CDU leader gave up a lucrative business career and is now bidding to unseat Olaf Scholz
Economy ministry instructs import terminal to refuse planned shipment of LNG
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Chancellor gets unexpected popularity boost among Social Democrats after sacking finance minister
Chancellor Olaf Scholz to bring forward confidence vote at opposition’s request
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