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

The class of lawmakers taking office is noticeably more male and less diverse than the constituents it will represent.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took up its largest-ever share of the seats as Germany's new parliament met for ...

Working groups for Germany's election-winning conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats will submit findings on a ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

Under Germany's constitution, Merz needs a two-thirds majority to get the changes passed. With the support of the Greens and ...

Ron Prosor is first foreign ambassador invited to meeting of heads of German states; he says the far-right AfD party has ...

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has reached a record high in public support, rising to 23.5% in a new ...

Friedrich Merz, poised to become Germany’s next chancellor, is charting an unexpected course in relations with President ...

CDU and SPD, two key parties of the likely coalition, have settled on a broad package of measures aimed at curbing ...

Merz’s embrace of compromise with the SPD and the Greens (who are expected to play a role in the coalition) risks being seen ...

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