The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out a coalition agreement on Friday. Here are the main issues: HOW DID WE GET ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

Members of the conservative CDU party, likely to lead the next German government, have raised the possibility of importing Russian gas again. The far right has welcomed the idea.

CDU politician Julia Klöckner is the new president of the German parliament. She is seen as a controversial choice by many, ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a top contender for the chancellorship, Merz is playing a ...

Merz’s embrace of compromise with the SPD and the Greens (who are expected to play a role in the coalition) risks being seen ...

Collective bargaining in the German public sector has again demonstrated that the working class is facing a political ...

CDU politician Julia Klöckner is the new President of the German Bundestag. At the constituent session of the national ...

GEMRANY’S PARLIAMENT HAS passed a huge defence and infrastructure investment package proposed by chancellor-in-waiting ...

Germany’s new parliament has elected as its speaker a conservative former minister. She called Tuesday for civilized debate ...