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

Several German election candidates have cried foul as a new electoral reform meant they were left without a seat despite winning their district. The CDU/CSU wants to make electoral reform a condition ...

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 ...

Germany's conservatives, who won elections last weekend, are set to start exploratory talks with the Social Democrats on ...

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

Published February 25, 2025 last updated February 25, 2025 Following its election win, the CDU's parliamentary group is meeting after leader Friedrich Merz says he aiming for a coalition with the SPD.

The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.

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

The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), which is in alliance with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), emerged as the ...

Germany holds elections on Sunday after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a ...

Markus Soeder, Bavaria's premier and CSU leader, declared collaboration with the Greens implausible. As projections favor his ...