German Elections

German Finance Minister, Vice-Chancellor and SPD party's candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for a meeting with his party's parliamentary group in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2021. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Blending chalk and cheese: assembling a government for Germany

Any majority will rest on the Greens, led by former competitive athlete Annalena Baerbock and novelist Robert Habeck, and the business-friendly Free Democrats, led by former energy trader Christian...

FILE PHOTO: The skyline with its banking district and the European Central Bank (ECB) are seen, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues, in Frankfurt, Germany, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Global Economy

German conservatives drag ECB's monetary policy into election campaign

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she speaks during a CDU/CSU campaign kick off ahead of the federal election at Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Politics

Missing Merkel already, Germans nervous about what comes next