Olaf Scholz

Germany

21.April 2025 DW/Dijana Rosic

Ceremonial military farewell for Šolc on May 5

Olaf Scholz will not be chancellor for much longer. German media reports that his farewell military ceremony will be held on Monday, May 5

Germany

15.January 2025. Andrei Ivanji

Wind of change

The elections for the Federal Parliament are scheduled for February 23, 2025. The question of all questions is how the radical right-wing Alternative for Germany will fare, because its strength will show to what extent the values of liberal democracy have been distorted in Europe's strongest economy.

The World

15.January 2025. Beatrice Cristofaro (DW)

German aid to Ukraine stuck

In Germany, a dispute within the government of the Social Democrats and the Greens prevents the approval of additional money for weapons for Ukraine's air defense

Bundestag

16.December 2024. NR

Scholz has officially fallen, the campaign has already begun

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in the Bundestag. This opens the way for early elections

The election is approaching

11.December 2024. DW / Srećko Matić

Vučić helps Solac with lithium in the election campaign?

The meeting between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić in Saxony raised questions about the motives behind the meeting. Is it about the exploitation of lithium or political symbolism that goes beyond the election campaign

Visit to Germany

11.December 2024. IN THE

Member of the Bundestag: Vučić has a "difficult relationship with the truth"

Member of the Bundestag and rapporteur of the Liberal Democratic Party (FDP) for the Western Balkans, Thomas Hacker, after Vučić's visit to Freiberg, denied the Serbian president's claim that Germany supports Serbia in opening cluster 3

Lithium mining

10.December 2024. SZ

Vučić visiting Solac: Mining has connected us for centuries

In addition to the vast knowledge and skills that he perfectly commands, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić also learned a lot about the history of mining in Germany on Tuesday.

Serbia's foreign policy

09.December 2024. DW / Nenad Kreizer

The village is burning, Vučić is combing lithium in Germany

The meeting between Solac and Vucic comes at a very sensitive moment. While Scholz is trying to save the ailing German automotive industry, Vučić is facing strong protests from the citizens of Serbia against the exploitation of lithium.

Unexpectedly

22.November 2024. Jens Turau (DW)

Germans are left with only longing: Boris Pistorius will not be a candidate for chancellor

For a long time, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) debated who would be a better candidate for chancellor: Olaf Scholz or Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. Now Pistorius has announced that he does not want to be a candidate

European Union

16.November 2024. Andreas Knoll (DW)

Budget challenges in Berlin and Paris: Scholz, Barnier and money problems

Scholz and Barnier, despite their different political circumstances, face the same problem - how to ensure the financial stability of their countries in the coming months.

Germany

13.November 2024. Nemanja Rujevic

Chancellor Friedrich is coming

After the collapse of Olaf Scholz's coalition, new elections in Germany will probably take place in February. Are the problems deeper than one bad government and what can Friedrich Mertz do about it?

Germany

13.November 2024. MJ

The Bundestag votes on confidence in the Government on December 16

The storm on the German political scene is still not abating. Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed that the Bundestag will vote on confidence in the government on December 16. After that, the German parties need to agree on some urgent issues

Germany

08.November 2024. Sabine Kinkarz/DW

Scholz under pressure: What to do next after his government collapsed?

Due to the collapse of the German government, elections will be held in that country. Olaf Scholz is asking for time until January, and the opposition wants the elections to take place as soon as possible - next week

Research

08.November 2024. NR

Two-thirds of Germans want quick early elections

The majority of citizens think that it is good that the Government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz has collapsed. The next chancellor will probably be called Friedrich Mertz

Germany

07.November 2024. AI

Collapse of the government of Olaf Scholz: Snap elections in the spring

The government crisis in Europe's strongest economy comes at the worst possible time. Why the German ruling coalition fell apart and what are the next steps of Chancellor Olaf Scholz

Germany

06.November 2024. AI

Collapse of the ruling coalition: Scholz fired Finance Minister Lindner

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition fell apart. The German media reports that the coalition leaders failed to bridge the differences regarding budgetary, financial and economic policy

Germany

04.November 2024. Ivan Djerkovic (DW)

Is the Scholz government falling?

Olaf Scholz's government is facing growing pressure from the budget deficit and recession. The leaders of the "traffic light coalition" will hold key talks this week in an attempt to overcome their differences

The Berlin Process

15.October 2024. Nemanja Rujević/DW

German media on the Berlin process: Slow, sporadic and fruitless

The meetings resemble a ritual, progress is sporadic and not essential, and the entry of Serbia and its neighbors into the EU is not in sight, writes the German press after the meeting of the Berlin Process in the capital of Germany

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

30.September 2024. Nemanja Rujevic

Scholz and Ukraine: Shorter-range missiles

Most Germans reject further arming of Ukraine. Will the failed Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government also change its policy?

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

The World

28.August 2024. MS

Starmer and Scholz meeting: Britain wants to "reset" relations with the European Union

In a two-day visit to Europe, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met today with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin and rejected the possibility of rejoining the European Union (EU). However, he said he wants to "reset" the UK's relationship with the EU, which does not mean reversing Brexit

Project "Jadar"

19.August 2024. SZ

German media: Scholz with Vučić on lithium as Merkel with Putin on oil

Why doesn't Germany mine its own lithium if it is such a "treasure for the German automotive industry"? This question is asked by the German press analyzing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's support for the Serbian project "Jadar".

The "Jadar" project from a German perspective

24.July 2024 Andrei Ivanji

Solz-Vučić lithium alliance

Lithium is turning into the most expensive currency in the global economic and political competition. From Berlin's point of view, Serbia has absolutely no right to deny Europe its important sites, and why should it renounce its own progress? In this light, it is not surprising that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz came to Belgrade on an ad hoc basis to smile together with Vučić while the lithium agreements are being signed and with his presence help the progressive propaganda machine to endear the "Jadar" project to the citizens of Serbia.

Project Jadar

22.July 2024 DW

German media: What are the reasons "for" and "against" the purchase of lithium from Serbia

The German media cite three good reasons for the European Union to buy lithium from Serbia, as well as two reasons why it is problematic

Project Jadar

20.July 2024 B. B.

Lithium Agreement with the EU: Basics of the Memorandum of Understanding

The memorandum signed by Serbia and the EU envisages that during the implementation of the "Jadar" project, the highest environmental protection standards will be applied - and emphasizes the strategic partnership in the fight against climate change

Internationalization of the "Jadar" project

19.July 2024 AI

Lithium agreements: A launching pad for Serbia's quantum leap into the future

Whoever listened to the joint press conference of Aleksandar Vučić, Olaf Šolc and Maroš Šefčovič could really believe that lithium mining is something that is a historical opportunity for Serbia. As for the guarantee for the preservation of the environment, it boils down to the fact that the guarantor will be the current president of Serbia

Project Jadar

18.July 2024 DW/Sanja Kljajic

Environmental activists: "There is three times more lithium in Germany, Mr. Scholz"

After the verdict of the Constitutional Court, the Government of Serbia decided to continue with the Jadar project. That is why the German chancellor Scholz is now arriving in Belgrade. What do the activists who oppose the exploitation of lithium tell him?

Relations between Serbia and Germany

18.July 2024 DW

Visit of Solac to Belgrade: What Berlin says

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz suddenly arrives in Belgrade. It's about lithium. Members of the Bundestag generally warn that there should be no concessions to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. German businessmen, however, see the Serbian lithium story as an opportunity