Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to alter Germany's strict fiscal rules to massively boost defence spending, the ...

Merz's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats – in talks to form a coalition after February's general election – ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany's CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc, is set to lead the next government after his party came first ...

The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said on national television that he would try to “achieve ...

BERLIN — Germany's likely next government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz has said it plans a shot in the arm for ...

Germany's CDU, CSU and SPD parties have produced an exploratory paper on their plans on various topics, including migration, ...

The CDU/CSU alliance had been projected to win a plurality of the popular vote, and thus the most seats, for an uninterrupted period beginning in mid-2022. Olaf Scholz’ governing Social Democratic ...