An alliance between Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the center-left SPD is the only viable path to form a new government ...

Germany may face months of uncertainty after the CDU/CSU conservative bloc won the national election but with no clear option ...

Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD ...

German conservatives under likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move quickly to try to form a coalition ...

Merz said that initial talks about establishing a black-red coalition have already taken place and aims for the new government to be formed by Easter, which this year falls on 20 April. He highlighted ...

Germany’s election continues a slump for left-leaning parties in affluent countries, often connected to immigration and the ...

The far-right AfD and the Left jointly secured the one third of seats needed to block constitutional changes. Both oppose ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-Right Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), has emerged as the winner of Germany’s ...

Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has ...

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Friedrich Merz is on course to become post-World War II Germany’s 10th chancellor, the culmination of a yearslong political ...

Germany's election delivered a fragmented result, with CDU/CSU winning 28.5% but needing SPD to form a ‘Grand Coalition.’ ...