Joerg Kukies, a top official in the chancellery and close SPD ally of Scholz, will be named finance minister. The crisis comes at a critical juncture for Germany, with a flatlining economy, aging infrastructure, and an unprepared military. It is likely to ...

After Germany's government coalition collapsed in a dramatic fashion when Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business Free Democrats, Scholz said he would lead the country with a minority government,

While the world has been watching Washington, Germany is quietly going into political meltdown. This is a very German crisis involving coalition infighting and complicated constitutional questions. But behind the complex political wrangling,