CDU leader Friedrich Merz and other CDU and SPD leaders take part in a press conference following the exploratory coalition ...

Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) agreed on Wednesday to go into the next round of negotiations on forming a ...

Friedrich Merz is facing a critical moment in his bid to become German chancellor, as disgruntled fellow conservatives worry ...

The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.

Germany's Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, convened for a new legislative session on Tuesday. Lawmakers gathered in ...

Germany’s new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized debate in ...

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

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

The SPD has long sought to change the country's Basic Law to weaken the "debt brake" - a strict rule prohibiting budget financing with new debt above a certain level ...

Three goals are being pursued with Germany’s massive rearmament offensive: Breaking free from military dependence on the US, ...

The consensus view is Europe remains hindered by turmoil in core Germany and France and a trade war with the U.S., given ...

Under pressure from Trump and with Russia menacing, Germany's incoming leader plans to revamp the country's defense posture.