German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz effectively ruled out serving together in the same cabinet, whatever the outcome of Sunday’s election.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insists he would' never' cooperate with the far right in the way he says his rival Friedrich Merz has done. DW has more.Two weeks out from the federal election, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and main opposition leader Friedrich Merz have traded blows in parliament.

Viewers surveyed on Sunday thought that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) narrowly won the TV debate against his rival Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU. In a survey conducted by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his likely successor, Friedrich Merz, promised no collaboration with the extreme right on Tuesday in speeches to parliament before national elections on February 23.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described President Donald Trump's suggestion that the U_S_ could take ownership of the Gaza Strip, relocate its population and redevelop it as a "scandal."

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday accused his conservative rival Friedrich Merz of being ready to cooperate with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), as the rivals faced off in a heated TV debate just two weeks before the country heads to the polls.

The top four candidates to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck and Alice Weidel, will face off in a live television debate. With just seven days to go, the right-wing opposition parties are leading the polls- Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats at around 30% and Alice Weidel's far-right Alternative

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came under heavy fire on Sunday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz faced off with his rivals in a four-way TV debate just one week before national elections. Scholz said Germany has learnt the lessons from its Nazi past.