"Whatever it takes" appears to be the motto of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, who are expected to form Germany's new government. They are set to reform borrowing limits to allow for ...

By Satyaki Chakraborty The polarization in German politics widened after national elections on Sunday, February 23 in which ...

Friedrich Merz has a reputation for being tough on China, but the need to accommodate a coalition partner and headwinds from ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Preliminary talks between Germany's CDU and SPD have yielded an early result, with the parties agreeing on a special fund to boost defense spending, freed from the "debt brake." ...

Millions of Germans are voting in snap elections. The centre-right CDU is predicted to win the biggest share of votes, ...

Despite declarations by Friedrich Merz, the likely future chancellor, the future government's road to taking office looks to ...

A senior member of Germany's conservative bloc has called on the Social Democrats to put party interests behind those of the ...

After the first exploratory talks between the CDU/CSU and SPD in Germany on the possible formation of a government, ...

An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

Germany's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) and centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have begun talks to explore the possibility of forming a coalition government. The discussions in Berlin on ...