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

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

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

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

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

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

BERLIN — Germans take their politics seriously. So seriously, in fact, that the next government has banned selfies during the ongoing coalition negotiations. The country’s incoming coalition is laying ...

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 conservative bloc started coalition talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday evening. The 19 chief negotiators from the Christian ...

Friedrich Merz's conservative party (CDU) has ended the first stage of talks geared towards creating a coalition government with the Social Democrats (SPD), Merz and other party officials said on ...