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

Germany’s future chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday said his conservative CDU party has come to an agreement in principle ...

Merz — a long-time CDU party rival of ex-chancellor Angela Merkel — has vowed a crackdown on irregular immigration and a ...

Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz came a step closer Saturday towards forming a government which he has ...

Germany's AfD party plans to file a constitutional complaint against the proposed debt increase by potential next chancellor ...

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

The agreement between Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, and his potential coalition partners also includes big new ...

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

The plan is for Germany to have a new government in place by mid-April that would end around half a year of political ...

Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...

As Germany's Friedrich Merz gets closer to becoming chancellor, many asylum seekers live in fear of what his promised ...