Germany's ruling Social Democrats officially made Chancellor Olaf Scholz their lead candidate on Monday for February's election, billing him as a safe pair of hands compared with the opposition conservatives contender who has no government experience.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) internal deliberations over his re-nomination as their top candidate for the upcoming early elections. Speaking on the German broadcaster ZDF's programme Heute Journal on Monday evening,

After two weeks of internal wrangling, Germany's Social Democrats nominated incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the party's lead candidate in February's federal election.

Olaf Scholz will on Monday be officially named to lead his centre-left Social Democrats into Germany's snap elections in February, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term.

Germany's Olaf Scholz was Monday officially named to lead his Social Democrats into February elections, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been confirmed as the Social Democrats' lead candidate for the snap election, despite his coalition's collapse. The party executive voted unanimously for him, facing a tough campaign with SPD currently polling third,

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said he won’t compete to lead the Social Democratic Party into an early federal election in February and threw his support behind Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s reelection bid.

The SPD’s federal executive board backed Scholz, days after Defence Minister Boris Pistorius declared he would not be a candidate for chancellor

Germany’s Social Democrats backed Chancellor Olaf Scholz as their lead candidate for February’s snap election, as they look to erase a big deficit in the polls.

Germany's ruling Social Democrats (SPD) on Monday officially made Chancellor Olaf Scholz their lead candidate for the upcoming snap election giving him a chance at a second term, broadcaster NTV said.