The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

Germany's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) are negotiating to form a coalition government despite ongoing ...

Working groups from the CDU/CSU and SPD are set to present the results of first coalition talks on Monday, though a number of ...

Coalition talks to resume on Monday evening, trade associations slam proposed rise in minimum wage, Scholz says EU could ...

A first draft of Germany's future coalition agreement reveals strong alignment on EU policy – except for one key point.

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit key stumbling blocks.

In Germany, coalition talks are long, messy affairs ... That three-party government was soon bogged down by public infighting, policy disagreements and high-profile clashes between the fiscally ...

Negotiations of the CDU/CSU and SPD bloc on the formation of a ruling coalition are taking place in an "explosive atmosphere" ...

Germany's presumptive next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said coalition negotiations between his conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) were focused on resolving major points of contention but ...

Germany's likely next chancellor ... who are currently not part of the coalition talks, could not resolve the disagreement.

Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party ... The centre-left party is beginning talks to become the junior partner in a coalition with the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and the ...