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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Lars Klingbeil (L), Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), speaks on stage at the party's headquarters, the Willy Brandt House, after the forecast of the German federal election for the ...

"The ball is in Friedrich Merz's court," said SPD co-leader Lars Klingbeil at a party press conference. Germany needed the SPD to "to be able to act quickly and make decisions," said Klingbeil.