The parties seeking to build a new coalition government under Friedrich Merz are making slow progress in their negotiations.

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit ...

His conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and their Bavarian allies, the Christian Social Union (CSU), have long seen ...

As the new Bundestag meets for its first session since the election, we give you the rundown of what you need to know — from ...

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

Friedrich Merz's debt-funded investment package is still facing unknowns, that could sink the legislation and doom his ...

Newly elected Friedrich Merz has proposed nearly €1 trillion in new spending on defense and infrastructure for the sluggish ...

The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," ...

German lawmakers have reached an agreement to exempt some defense spending from the nation’s tight rules on running up debt.

The German lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, is convening as coalition talks between the SPD and CDU continue. The ...

The lower house of the German Parliament voted to bankroll a massive militarization plan as a backstop against Russian ...

Friedrich Merz, CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag and CDU federal chairman, makes a statement after the parliamentary group meeting in the Bundestag, Berlin, Friday, March 14 ...