Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition with Friedrich Merz ...

Merz has four to five years not just to breathe new life into his party, but to ensure the country’s traditional political ...

The party’s continued surge in the recent German election proves that the far-right is a real threat that’s not going away, ...

In the recent federal elections the far-right AfD was able to reach sections of the working class on issues over which the ...

CDU celebrations are muted because a 28.52pc vote share means a weaker negotiating position in coalition with the centre-Left ...

CDU and AfD voters delivered a sharp rebuke to Berlin’s left-wing ruling coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens. Both ...

Many challenges lie ahead for Germany's new coalition government with the country in a state of flux, facing mounting ...

The conservative CDU led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's 2025 election. With vote counting finished, preliminary results show ...

Germany's conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Wednesday drew a chorus of criticism, including from his ...

When his coalition collapsed after a budget dispute in 2024, it sealed his fate.

Despite a crushing election defeat, the leader of the Social Democrats is on track to become Germany’s second-in-command ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and soon to be chancellor of Germany, announced ...