The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

Germany's Social Democrats are one of the West's oldest political parties, with a legacy of advocating parliamentary democracy, opposing Nazism, and leading the modernisation of postwar Germany.

Party leaders from the CDU, CSU and SPD are entering the final phase of coalition talks on Friday. From migration to taxation ...

Germany is home to the largest number of asylum seekers among the EU member states. But a growing political shift to the right has put increasing pressure on these new arrivals – and those who ...

A leading German conservative has insisted that his party will not agree to tax rises as part of a coalition deal with the ...

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

In a pre-summit position paper, the EPP expressed its support for “joint debt instruments if needed” for strengthening Europe ...

Germany’s future chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday said his conservative CDU party has come to an agreement in principle with the Social Democrats (SPD) to form a coalition government.

CDU and SPD, two key parties of the likely coalition, have settled on a broad package of measures aimed at curbing ...

Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel said the brake was a sensible safeguard for sustainable public finances in principle. Yet Germany was “doing well by international standards” with a debt ratio of 62 ...

To say that is not to deny that the centre-right party, the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union, has hardened its policy stance. Its new leader, Friedrich Merz, who is almost certain ...

A future coalition of the CDU/CSU and SPD is reportedly mulling over plans to "de-naturalise" dual nationals for holding ...