Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), the other party in the coalition talks, should step up to preserve the EU Due ...

Germany's three main centrist parties presented the results of their first round of coalition talks on Monday following the federal election in February. The winner of those elections, the ...

The plan, proposed by the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), would mean defence spending above 1% of Germany's gross domestic product ...

The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," sticking points on issues such as taxes and migration remain. https://p.dw ...

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 ...

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz speaks during a debate and voting about ...

The increased turnout, up from 76.6 percent in 2021, was a sign of the high stakes for Germany, both politically and economically. The Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), led by ...

The parliamentary leaders of the Christian Democratic Union ... resources to defend peace on our continent. Germany is back,” Merz said. The CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens have reportedly agreed ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners bled support to the far right in two state elections in eastern Germany on Sunday, dealing a double blow ...

The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Friedrich Merz (L), the co-leaders of Germany's social democratic SPD party Saskia Esken (R) and Lars Klingbeil (2nd L) and the ...

A preliminary policy paper released ahead of formal negotiations by the Christian ... for Germany (AfD). A more surprising appointment is Mark Helfrich, a less prominent figure in the CDU/CSU ...

After days of intense debate, Germany's leading political parties have announced a historic deal on a spending programme to unlock hundreds of billions of euros for defence and infrastructure. The ...