The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...

Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) will not appear at traditional events to mark Ash Wednesday as they focus ...

Germany is set to ramp up defence spending with the incoming government, saying it wants to invest hundreds of billions of ...

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

Senior figures from Germany's conservatives and the Social Democrats will begin exploratory talks on forming a coalition ...

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats are set to start ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Buoyed by an effective grassroots campaign and a youth vote in its favor, the radical left-wing party almost doubled its ...

President Donald Trump praised German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's victory in the national election on ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, also gained ... bloc comprised of the Christian Democrats and the Bavaria-only Christian Social Union (CSU) came out on top last week, with ...

Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election​, while far ...