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Germany's political landscape shifts as economy minister eyes Green Party's chancellor candidacy amid coalition collapse.

German Eonomy Minister Robert Habeck says he hopes to become his Green Party’s chancellor in the coming election

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, mired in crisis after his three-party coalition collapsed this week, said Friday he is open to talks on whether to move forward snap elections.

Budapest meeting finds consensus on need to raise growth and productivity as ‘America first’ protectionism looms

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has sacked his finance minister Christian Lindner escalating a long conflict in the German government and ultimately causing the fragile coalition between Social Democrats, Greens, and the Free Democratic Party to collapse. For once, Scholz, often mocked as a robotic speaker without emotion, appeared to…

Conservative leader wants confidence vote now, triggering January election, as poll shows over half of Germans agree.

At times it felt like the three parties thought they were governing three completely different countries

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are down -0.10%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ24) are down -0.13% this morning as investors took a breather at the end of an eventful week that saw Donald Trump reclaim the U.S. presidency and the Federal Reserve cut rates.

German Chancellor Scholz's decision to fire finance minister triggers confidence vote and potential early elections amid economic policy disagreements.

The PM offers warm compliments, Farage a trip to Clacton, and the president-elect tries his best to remember them both

French President Emmanuel Macron urged fellow European leaders to rise to "a decisive moment" after Donald Trump's re-election as US president, as some 50 figures from across the continent met in Budapest on Thursday to discuss global trade, migration and security.