The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU and Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to abolish a gas storage levy for all consumers in a ...

Despite suffering their worst electoral humiliation since the 1890s, Germany’s Social Democrat party (SPD) is displaying a ...

The new German government has agreed to push the European Union (EU) to add "some bite" to "misbehaving countries." This ...

Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from Hungary.

The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.

Germany’s coalition talks reveal a divide over foreign aid spending, with the SPD pushing to maintain 0.7% of GDP while the ...

The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. Last year’s ...

Germany's presumptive next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said coalition negotiations between his conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) were focused on resolving major points of contention but ...

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the ...

The New York Times Editorial Board thinks the Democratic Party needs a serious wake-up call. In a new editorial, the liberal outlet declared that the party is in a state of denial about why it ...