LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer rallied his European counterparts Sunday to shore up their borders and throw their full weight behind Ukraine as he announced outlines of a plan to ...

The U.K.'s biggest defense company BAE Systems closed up 4.7% after U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to spend an ...

Germany's national elections saw Olaf Scholz's SPD defeated, with Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU alliance winning over 28% of the vote. The far-right AfD surged to second place with 20%, while coalition ...

On the other hand, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) finished at a distant third with just 16.2%, its worst result since World War II. Notably, the final vote count is underway.

Despite falling more than 9 percentage points to 16.3% in Sunday’s election, the SPD will probably be tapped by-election winner Merz to enter coalition talks. Germany’s Social Democrats are ...

Image: Olaf Scholz's SPD party collapsed to the third largest party - with 16.4% of the vote. Pic: AP Meanwhile Christian Lindner - FDP party leader and former finance minister, whose dismissal by ...

BERLIN ― Germany’s snap election, triggered by the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s left-leaning coalition, has resulted in a sharp rightward shift. With results now in, the next government is ...

The election follows the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition last year, forcing an early vote. Four key candidates are in the running: Scholz, opposition leader Friedrich ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be succeeded by conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz after his party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), secured the largest vote share in Germany's ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has conceded defeat as the CDU/CSU secures victory in Germanys national election. The right-wing AfD made history by finishing second with 20.4% of the vote ...

After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect itself on Monday in preparation for a potential new role as the junior ...