The leaders of the centre right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Christian Social Union (CSU) - the CDU's sister party that only operates in the south-eastern German state of Bavaria - and centre ...

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 ...

The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," sticking points on issues such as taxes and migration remain. https://p.dw ...

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 ...

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 ...

Germany’s future chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday said his conservative CDU party has come to an agreement in principle with the Social Democrats (SPD) to form a coalition government.

Trump administration officials continued to defend themselves Wednesday against claims that they mishandled classified information following the public release of a Signal group chat used to plan ...

The proposals, agreed by his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with its likely future coalition partners, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), late on Tuesday, would allow Berlin to ...

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 ...

Roderich Kiesewetter, a member of the Bundestag from the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), told POLITICO’s Berlin Playbook podcast that America can no longer be considered a neutral actor ...

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The more Democrats win special elections in districts carried by Donald Trump, the more the GOP has reason to worry about the political winds’ direction. By Steve Benen Headed into this week ...