Germany's likely next leader Friedrich Merz is set to defend his unprecedented plans to massively ramp up defence and infrastructure spending in parliament as lawmakers begin debating the proposals.

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), and the Social ...

Germany needs a new government fast. The center-right and center-left are set to hammer out an agreement by Easter, but there ...

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 ...

Almost two weeks after the Bundestag elections, the leaders of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an ...

Germany's Greens are open to talks on a massive defence and infrastructure spending package, but are awaiting a negotiating ...

Germany’s Greens say they won't support the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and ...

In a country torn between its attachment to the transatlantic link and its hostility to nuclear weapons, Friedrich Merz, the ...

By Satyaki Chakraborty The polarization in German politics widened after national elections on Sunday, February 23 in which ...

Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party likely, but the rise of the far-right AfD party and its ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...