For the SPD, party leaders Lars Klingbeil and Saskia Esken will sit at the table, as well as Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Labor Minister Hubertus Heil. Also on the SPD negotiating team: Secretary General Matthias Miersch,

Conservative and center-left parties launch coalition talks on Friday. hoping to avoid prolonging Germany’s post-election uncertainty.

Social Democratic Party co-leader Klingbeil expects conservative chief Merz to change 'course and tone' before talks to form potential coalition government - Anadolu Ajansı

Lars Klingbeil, the party leader of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), has announced an overhaul of his party following its defeat in Sunday's federal election. "This result will require upheavals within the SPD,

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is almost certain to become chancellor, but first he needs to win over the Social Democrats, setting up tense negotiations to bridge their differences in areas like government borrowing and welfare spending.

The CEO of German chemicals group BASF, which is undergoing a massive restructuring programme to cut costs as Germany's economic falters, joined those calling for a quick agreemen

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which finished second in last week's elections. View on euronew