“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far ...

The German parliament plans to meet on May 6 to elect Friedrich Merz as the country’s next leader, if all the parties in his ...

Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting has cast doubt on some of the commitments he had made to secure a coalition with ...

With global trade deeply uncertain and a tariff war causing havoc on financial markets, Germany's next government is hoping ...

Though voters gave rightist parties a majority, Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats are teaming up with the ...

The coalition agreement highlighted that “ [a] stable, free and secure Indo-Pacific region is of fundamental interest to ...

Lawmakers from the incoming chancellor’s CDU party signal an end to the “firewall” that saw mainstream politicians refuse to ...

Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU), the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) last week struck ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) members began voting Tuesday on a coalition agreement with the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), marking a crucial step toward forming a new ...

The substance of the coalition deal, signed less than a week ago, has become a bone of contention — before the government has ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, is calling for renewed national confidence and unity as he promotes his ...

The ‘firewall’ against the far-right, neo-Nazi party AfD in Germany, which has so far prevented the party’s involvement in ...