Germany's conservative CDU/CSU and Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to abolish a gas storage levy for all consumers in a ...

What's the outlook for German coalition negotiations ... since Merz has also ruled out ruling as a minority government, the SPD is the only party he can form a coalition with, giving the center ...

Working groups for Germany's election-winning conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats will submit findings on a ...

Germany's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) are negotiating to form a coalition government despite ongoing ...

Immigration and taxes are the main sticking points. But the SPD is driving a hard bargain. Germany's oldest party suffered a historic election defeat: At only 16% they landed in third place ...

CDU leader and Germany's most likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said there are still "some hurdles ahead," but remains ...

But his move to make a deal with the SPD and Greens on spending could be viewed as downright Merkelian. Already, the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) — set to become Germany’s biggest ...

But the SPD is driving a hard bargain. Germany's oldest party suffered a historic election defeat: At only 16% they landed only in third place, behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out a coalition agreement on Friday. Here are the main issues: HOW DID WE GET ...

Party leaders must now craft a government programme. "We need to come up with a common vision of how we imagine Germany over the next 10 years," Merz said in the lobby of SPD headquarters ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to forge a ruling coalition with the SPD by April ... for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the country's second-largest party. Adding to the sense ...