With less than three months to go until Germany's expected election, Chancellor Olaf Scholz came out swinging on Saturday, vowing to make his troubled Social Democrats (SPD) the strongest force in parliament.

The party of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has launched its election campaign promising to reverse its flagging fortunes. Scholz accused one of his former coalition allies of sabotage.

Another snap election, this one in Germany, poses problems for the ruling parties, but there are multiple problems with the two competing left parties, Robert Dale explains So Chancellor Olaf Scholz is following Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron to call an early election his government looks set to lose.

Germany's troubled Social Democratic Party (SPD) launched its general election campaign on Saturday, pledging to fight its way back to the top following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz' three-party coalition government earlier in November.