The parties hoping to form the next German government - the conservative bloc and Social Democrats (SPD) - are making significant efforts in winning over the Greens, whose votes they need to pass a ...

The SPD's 25.7% share in Germany's last federal election in 2021, now seems to have been an anomaly. Back then, opinion polls had put the party at 15% for months.

Klingbeil said that the SPD was able to ensure that the recent reform of Germany's citizenship law, allowing shorter eligibility timeframes, would remain in place. Asylum-seekers in Germany face ...

Lars Klingbeil, the co-leader of the SPD, said Germany needed more migration success stories and bring down illegal migration at the same time. Markus Soeder, a Merz ally and powerful head of the ...

Lars Klingbeil, the co-leader of the SPD, said Germany needed more migration success stories and bring down illegal migration at the same time. Markus Soeder, a Merz ally and powerful head of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

followed by 20.2% for the Alternative for Germany (AfD). On the other hand, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) finished at a distant third with just 16.2%, its worst result since ...

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 ...

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