Germany's conservative bloc is set to begin coalition talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing ...

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 ...

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

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

Germany's would-be next chancellor, conservative leader Friedrich Merz, and the Social Democrats (SPD) with whom he is trying ...

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.

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

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

Germany’s Greens say they won't support the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and ...

Climate activists fear the worst when Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats begin to thrash out a joint climate policy ...