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 ...

Germany's Greens may refuse to back plans by likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz for a massive increase in state borrowing, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Germany's future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Saturday that his conservative CDU party has reached a preliminary agreement in principle with the Social Democrats (SPD) to form a coalition ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has promised to "massively expand border controls" once the country's next ...