Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.

Söder's CSU collected 37.2% of the vote in Bavaria, an improvement from a disappointing 2021 election but still a disappointing result compared to the absolute majorities that the party once held ...

Swing seat? Small town Bavaria may determine what kind of government Germany has after Sunday’s election ...