Friedrich Merz faces a host of political, economic and foreign policy challenges as he puts together a working coalition ...

Friedrich Merz said the astonishing White House confrontation on Friday made it almost inevitable that Germany would have to ...

One might have expected the Morning Star to welcome the revival of Die Linke, but in fact the paper has been strangely ...

Most of Germany's major political parties are due to hold press conferences to discuss the aftermath of the election. The SPD ...

Overall, the political shifts in Germany reflect a desire for change in a country that hasn’t been this politically engaged ...

Germany's coalition talks include proposals for two special funds involving hundreds of billions of euros to boost defense ...

Potential coalition government in Germany discusses creating two substantial special funds worth hundreds of billions of ...

Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

SPD and CDU election campaign posters ...

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

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the Social Democrats plan to start exploratory talks this week on forming a governing ...

If he wants an effective governing majority, Chancellor Friedrich Merz must invite the AfD into the government.