Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

Migration policy was one of the biggest issues of the  German 2025 election. It continues to spark controversy after the ballot. The far-right AfD accused Friedrich Merz, l eader of the winning center ...

Friedrich Merz aims to swiftly form government after his conservative bloc's February 23 election win. SPD leader Lars Klingbeil stressed a coalition with the CDU/CSU was "not automatic" amid key ...

It’s not just in Britain that defence spending is top of the agenda. In Germany, too, the debate has turned to how the ...

Germany’s 2025 election results mark a right-wing shift, reshaping European politics and US-EU relations. As CDU and AfD gain ...

Conservative party leader Friedrich Merz is poised to become Germany's next chancellor. He's long been a transatlanticist, but has made clear he's no fan of US President Donald Trump.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Opposition to the status quo must not be monopolized by the right-wing extremist visions of parties like Alternative für ...

Conservative and center-left parties launch coalition talks on Friday. hoping to avoid prolonging Germany’s post-election ...

Germany's election reshapes politics, with CDU/CSU leading, but coalition talks crucial for a stable government ...

Preliminary talks aim to establish guidelines, timeline for formal coalition talks, as migration, public spending emerge as ...

One of the first acts of Chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz (Christian Democrat, CDU) after the election was to invite the right ...