Friedrich Merz aims to swiftly form government after his conservative bloc's February 23 election win. SPD leader Lars Klingbeil stressed a coalition with the CDU/CSU was "not automatic" amid key ...

After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party looked to collect ...

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

The co-leader of Germany's Social Democrats, Lars Klingbeil, said on Wednesday that his party was in talks with election ...

Germany's conservatives, who won elections last weekend, are set to start exploratory talks with the Social Democrats on ...

Lars Klingbeil, the party leader of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), has announced an overhaul of his ...

Germany's SPD, led by co-leader Lars Klingbeil, will carefully consider joining a government coalition with Friedrich Merz's conservative alliance. The SPD is the only viable partner for Merz to ...

Social Democratic Party co-leader Klingbeil expects conservative chief Merz to change 'course and tone' before talks to form ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc, which won last week's elections, and the Social Democrats plan to begin initial exploratory talks on Friday about the possibility of forming a coalition government ...

The SPD met to elect new parliamentary party leader Lars Klingbeil after the party crashed to its worst post-war defeat in Sunday's election following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ...