Grand coalition' working groups to present results of coalition talks, thousands take part in neo-Nazi rallies, experts warn ...

The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Friedrich Merz (L), the co-leaders of Germany's social democratic SPD party Saskia Esken (R) and Lars Klingbeil (2nd L) and the ...

Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing chancellor Olaf Scholz were involved in the talks. Friedrich Merz is most likely to become the next German chancellor ...

Heidi Reichinnek (Die Linke), top candidate and co-chair of the parliamentary group, speaks at a press conference in the Haus der Bundespressekonferenz. Sören Stache/dpa 32,615 people played the ...

Germany needs a new government fast. The center-right CDU/CSU and the center-left SPD are set to hammer out an agreement by Easter, but there are several sticking ...

In a significant political maneuver, incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic alliance (CDU) last week submitted an inquiry targeting NGOs, which involved 551 ...

CDU leader Friedrich Merz has revealed plans for a new €500 billion special fund aimed at boosting infrastructure and defence spending. Just over a week after his victory in the federal ...

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." Merz made the ...