The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) on Tuesday held talks on forming a coalition as hopes for buoying Europe's ...

In response to the new international security situation, the premier of the southern German state of Bavaria, Markus Söder, ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

Friedrich Merz, with the microphone, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, shakes ...

Germany's conservatives, who won elections last weekend, are set to start exploratory talks with the Social Democrats on Friday towards forming a coalition government, party sources said. The head of ...

Published February 25, 2025 last updated February 25, 2025 Following its election win, the CDU's parliamentary group is meeting after leader Friedrich Merz says he aiming for a coalition with the SPD.

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, reacts to the speech of Markus ...

The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), which is in alliance with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), emerged as the ...

Friedrich Merz's CDU won Germany's elections with 28.6 percent, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded ...

Markus Soeder, Bavaria's premier and CSU leader, declared collaboration with the Greens implausible. As projections favor his ...

Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU bloc is on track for a clear victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections even as support for the far right surged, according to projections based on initial results from ...