Will Merz’s tough talk on China fizzle out if he becomes leader of Germany? With opposition leader Friedrich Merz likely to be Germany’s next chancellor, experts weigh in on whether his tough ...

BERLIN, March 4 (Reuters) - The conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to seek a loosening of Germany's debt brake to allow higher defence spending, and to propose the creation of a ...

BERLIN, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Germany's conservative Union bloc of CDU and CSU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Saturday announced ... Enditem Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook ...

BERLIN, March 3 (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said foreign policy and defence must take priority in talks led by their conservative rivals to form a new coalition government but ...

Last November, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD ... Germany ended its usual heavy reliance on Russian gas. That, coupled with the rising competition from China in ...

Germany's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to deepen talks on forming a new government as pressure builds on Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to implement reforms.

BERLIN — Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and center-left Social Democrats (SPD) will begin talks on Friday to explore forming a coalition, both parties told POLITICO. The parties took ...

Preliminary talks between Germany's CDU and SPD have yielded an early result, with the parties agreeing on a special fund to boost defense spending, freed from the "debt brake." Merz made the ...

Germany's SPD Says Security Needs Boost but No Comment on Funding Plans BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said foreign policy and defence must take priority in talks led by their ...