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.

Election winner Friedrich Merz said on Friday he was open to reforming Germany's legally prescribed spending limits as his ...

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

The German federal election produced a parliament representing five main parties, plus one seat for regionalists in Schleswig ...

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

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

Germany’s federal election was subject to “clear” and “successful” manipulation by Russia and other foreign actors, the head ...

Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz is an unlikely candidate to lead a decisive break with the US. But an erstwhile ...

Friedrich Merz is in favor of boosting Europe’s military strength, standing against antisemites and by the Jewish state, and getting tougher on Iran.

Hours after Friedrich Merz's conservatives won Germany's national election, he sent the outgoing Social Democrat government a ...

A center-right chancellor should be good news for the GOP. Musk and Vance shouldn’t have meddled.

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the Social Democrats plan to start exploratory talks this week on forming a governing ...