May 8 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Berlin wants to set an example for peace and freedom ...

Germany's notoriously high energy costs has become a focal point for the incoming coalition government, which agreed early on ...

The plan, proposed by the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), would mean defence spending above 1% of Germany's gross domestic product ...

The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing. https://p.dw.com/p/4rmQa CDU leader Friedrich ...

Merz and his centre-right CDU/CSU alliance are currently in talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on a possible coalition government after last month's general election. Last week the ...

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) will formally kick off their government coalition talks ...

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 ...

Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavaria-only sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) will now move to formal negotiations to form a government with the center-left Social ...

A once-dark pathway between Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue in downtown Des Moines has been illuminated. The pathway between the Hy-Vee parking garage and the WriteBrain building that leads to the ...

The CDU/CSU won the parliamentary elections on February 23 with 28.5%. The SPD came in third with 16.4%, behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). AfD, Greens, Left Party critical of CDU ...