Such talks often drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, but Merz is in a hurry to reach a deal with Europe's biggest economy facing economic malaise and an upheaval in relations with the U.S.

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

Germany's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) plan to continue exploratory talks next week aimed at forming a ...

Germany's conservatives won Sunday's election and have started exploratory talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) ...

Germany voted in a federal election that saw massive growth in support for the far-right AfD, resurgence of the socialist Die ...

One of the most difficult parts of the negotiation is expected to be Friedrich Murch's demand for rejection of asylum seekers ...

The hundreds of billions of euros figures kicking around are between one-third and four-fifths of the entire United States ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

Germany’s 2025 election results mark a right-wing shift, reshaping European politics and US-EU relations. As CDU and AfD gain ...

Overseeing all these policy choices have been the CDU/CSU and SDP, which have led every German government since the Second ...

The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. Here's a look at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, voter demographics and possible coalition outcomes.

Preliminary talks aim to establish guidelines, timeline for formal coalition talks, as migration, public spending emerge as ...