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

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

Former envoy Wu Ken is optimistic about likely chancellor’s focus on trade and economy, and perception of Beijing as ...

Germany's future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Saturday that his conservative CDU party has reached a preliminary ...

Both require a supermajority in the German parliament to modify the so-called “debt brake”, requiring in turn the backing of ...

According to Friedrich Merz, his conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the Social Democratic Party leaders agreed on common ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

The preliminary policy agreement that will form the basis for coalition talks was "no mean feat", said Friedrich Merz.

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

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They ...

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

Germany’s general elections saw the opposition CDU/CSU emerge as the largest party with Friedrich Merz tipped to be next ...