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 Tuesday warned of the consequences for German democracy after his conservative ally ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...