Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

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Friedrich Merz, with the microphone, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, shakes ...

The conservative CDU/CSU bloc led by Friedrich Merz, which won last week's election, and the Social Democrats (SPD), which suffered a historic defeat, will begin initial exploratory talks on whether ...

Friedrich Merz, center, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, and Bavarian state governor Markus Soeder, right, of ...

Germany's outgoing parliament could still greenlight a new special fund to boost defence spending but reforming strict limits ...

The far-left Linke, which will have more seats in the new parliament, supports reforming the borrowing rules but opposes ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Monday insisted that the "responsibility" to lead negotiations on the formation of ...

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

Provisional results released on Monday confirmed that Friedrich Merz, leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union, ...

With 28.6% of the vote, the CDU/CSU came out on top, ahead of the AfD, with 20.8% of the vote. CDU leader Friedrich Merz, who ...