Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has charged that Friedrich Merz, the country's likely next chancellor, has ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have concluded preliminary talks towards ...

The conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to seek a loosening of Germany's debt brake to allow higher defence ...

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Olaf Scholz and his conservative rival of the Christian ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Greens may refuse to back plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase ...

At the end of a historic week for Germany, which started with the announcement of a €500bn investment fund, changes to the ...

Election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU, its Bavarian sister party CSU, and the Social Democrats (SPD) have taken a major step toward forming a coalition government, the heads of the parties ...

An initial outline of a possible coalition deal between Germany's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) and the centre-left ...

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

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...

The national election was disastrous for Germany's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). Voters have been fleeing it in droves. Its recent victory in Hamburg isn't doing much to lift the mood.