German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her coalition government will ... behind Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Greens, in the European elections. She had been criticized by the ...

Following an abysmal showing in federal elections, the Social Democrats will likely govern as junior partners to the ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday with a reduced headcount, fewer women and a record number of ...

Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by fifteen points. She was stepping down after sixteen years as chancellor (prime minister), but she ...

CDU politician Julia Klöckner is the new president of the German parliament. She is seen as a controversial choice by many, ...

The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out a coalition agreement on Friday. Here are the main issues: HOW DID WE GET ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

The leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a top contender for the chancellorship, Merz is playing a ...

Merz’s embrace of compromise with the SPD and the Greens (who are expected to play a role in the coalition) risks being seen ...

Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized debate in ...

Those were the words of conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz in the German Bundestag ...

instituted by former CDU chancellor Angela Merkel to formally restrain government borrowing. There is broad public approval of higher spending on the armed forces and defence, arising from the ...