Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) on Saturday confirmed Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the party's top candidate for February's parliamentary elections. Only a few delegates bucked the majority, who overwhelmingly supported Scholz's bid to return to the Chancellery in a vote by show of hands at the party's conference in Berlin.

The SPD is currently polling in third place.On Saturday, Germany's ruling Social Democrats formally declared incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz the party's candidate for federal elections scheduled for February 23.

Germany's defense and foreign affairs ministers have proposed granting Ukraine an additional three billion euros in military aid. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposes the initiative and is blocking the aid to Kyiv,

The heads of the defence and foreign affairs ministries of Germany have proposed granting an additional three billion euros in military aid to Ukraine. However, Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposes the initiative and is blocking aid to Kyiv,

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius aim to allocate around 3 billion euros for arms supplies to Ukraine before the Bundestag elections. However, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s office appears to oppose the proposal,