Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have concluded preliminary talks towards ...

Former envoy Wu Ken is optimistic about likely chancellor’s focus on trade and economy, and perception of Beijing as ...

Both require a supermajority in the German parliament to modify the so-called “debt brake”, requiring in turn the backing of ...

Germany's future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Saturday that his conservative CDU party has reached a preliminary ...

The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...

According to Friedrich Merz, his conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the Social Democratic Party leaders agreed on common ...

Election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU, its Bavarian sister party CSU, and the Social Democrats (SPD) have taken a major step toward forming a coalition government, the heads of the parties ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...

The preliminary policy agreement that will form the basis for coalition talks was "no mean feat", said Friedrich Merz.

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They ...

German parties negotiating the country's next government following the February 23 election took the first step on Sunday by ...