Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz has been confirmed as Germany’s new chancellor. His grand coalition is off to a rocky start ...

Bavarian Premier Markus Söder on Monday said Germany is "ready to take responsibility" under its incoming administration.

Bavarian Premier Markus Söder on Tuesday warned of the consequences for German democracy after his conservative ally ...

Friedrich Merz's loss in the Bundestag election was a surprise. He was considered the favorite since his party won Germany’s federal election in February.

The SPD’s participation in government under Merz marks a new stage in the decline of the party, whose history began more than ...

The heads of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) and the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) presented their plans for their joint Government ...

The setback is a major embarrassment for the leader of the center-right Christian Democrats, less than three months after ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz was successfully elected chancellor of the country Tuesday after a historic initial defeat on his first ballot, which caused tumult in the ...

Video. Germany’s centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD have formally signed a coalition agreement, clearing the way for ...

The formation of the next German government is in the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) court, now that the country's two major conservative parties have okayed the coalition agreement. The ...