Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have concluded preliminary talks towards ...

Former envoy Wu Ken is optimistic about likely chancellor’s focus on trade and economy, and perception of Beijing as ...

Germany's Greens may refuse to back plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing, ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

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

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They ...

German parties negotiating the country's next government following the February 23 election took the first step on Sunday by ...

Germany’s Green party rejected a draft debt-financed package that would unleash hundreds billions of euros in defense and ...

Germany's future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Saturday that his conservative CDU party has reached a preliminary agreement in principle with the Social Democrats (SPD) to form a coalition ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz is leading coalition talks with the SPD, focusing on illegal migration, economic support, and strengthened defenses. The CDU/CSU and SPD face time constraints to ...

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