The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," ...

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit ...

Germany's new parliament sits for the first time on Tuesday, with a record number of MPs from the far-right AfD expected to ...

The parties seeking to build a new coalition government under Friedrich Merz are making slow progress in their negotiations.

The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition ...

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

Lead negotiators for Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc are to resume talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Friday with the aim of forming a viable coalition, the three parties ...

Merz's tougher stance on migration reflects a changing political landscape, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has taken its place as the Bundestag ’s second-largest party in an opening ...

The topic of immigration has grown in prominence in Germany since the arrival ... The only two viable coalitions are one between the CDU and AfD or CDU and SPD. Despite the apparent unpopularity ...

The SPD called for illegal immigrants within Germany to be granted voting rights ... Despite the similarities with the anti-immigration AfD, the CDU has joined all other major parties in ruling ...