Election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU, its Bavarian sister party CSU, and the Social Democrats (SPD) have taken a ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz is leading coalition talks with the SPD, focusing on illegal migration, economic support, and strengthened defenses. The CDU/CSU and SPD face time constraints to ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives and Social Democrats have completed preliminary coalition talks. They ...

The number of asylum applications in Germany fell significantly in the first two months of this year, the BAMF federal office ...

Probable chancellor Friedrich Merz, a longtime Atlanticist who had previously balked at financing public spending through large-scale debt, has quickly changed his tune given the head-spinning pace of ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...

The agreement between Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor, and his potential coalition partners also includes big new ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government said Tuesday they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

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.

The biggest winner was Friedrich Merz, leader of the center-right Christian Democrats Union, whose 28.6% vote share—including ...