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

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 ...

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

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has promised to "massively expand border controls" once the country's next ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

We simply must become stronger together in nuclear deterrence in Europe,' Merz, expected to become Germany's next chancellor, ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

The leaders of Germany's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed on a common migration policy that would ...

The CDU/CSU and SPD are proposing to create a special fund of €500bn for infrastructure and defence by reforming the ...

German parties negotiating the country's next government following the February 23 election took the first step on Sunday by ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany's centre-right CDU/CSU party, on Tuesday said that his government would seek to ...

Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic ...