German Chancellor Olaf Scholz offered subtle criticism around billionaire Elon Musk’s influence on President-elect Trump early Tuesday, saying the nation’s fate will not be decided by “the owners of social media.” “In our debates, one can be forgiven for sometimes thinking the more extreme an opinion is, the more attention it will garner,” Scholz said…
In the six weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, Europe has been bracing for a U.S. administration that could strain traditional transatlantic alliances. That sense of uncertainty has just been turbocharged by a disruptive new force: multibillionaire Elon Musk, who has made it clear he intends to leave his mark on politics and […]
Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, deepening the political turbulence in one of the continent’s most powerful economies.
This article is an on-site version of our The Week Ahead newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Sunday. Explore all of our newsletters here Hello and welcome to the working week. Do you remember when the days leading up to Christmas presented a certain calm in the news agenda? […]
Increasing numbers in his own center-left party say he should, arguing for a more charismatic leader who might better their electoral chances.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops against Ukraine was a “grave escalation” of the conflict, according to government sources. In the first phone call between the leaders in nearly two years, Scholz called on Putin to end the war and pull Russian troops […]
