At the same time, the CDU leader pointed out that "articles 4 and 5 of the NATO Treaty concerning consultation and assistance remain unchanged, meaning that Germany’s nuclear cooperation with the Amer ...

Germany's conservatives led by election winner Friedrich Merz held first talks Friday with the Social Democrats on forming a ...

Overseeing all these policy choices have been the CDU/CSU and SDP, which have led every German government since the Second ...

Germany’s federal election was subject to “clear” and “successful” manipulation by Russia and other foreign actors, the head ...

Friedrich Merz aims to swiftly form government after his conservative bloc's February 23 election win. SPD leader Lars ...

Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats are set to start exploratory talks on a coalition on Friday, said people familiar with the ...

Though he has still to formally take up office, Freidrich Merz, the CDU’s choice for chancellor, has proposed securing “independence” from the US, criticised “America first” doctrine and said he is ...

A comeback for the right and a surge in support for the far right: these are the main takeaways from the 23 February federal ...

Germany's economy is in desperate need of foreign labor, but a political environment hostile to all kinds of immigrants makes ...

Twenty-one lawmakers with Balkan roots have been elected to the new Bundestag – most of them with Turkish roots and ...

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) came second in Germany’s parliamentary election on 23 February, with 21% of the vote and ...

Friedrich Merz previously held the position of the chairman of the united CDU/CSU faction during the last legislative period from 2000 to 2002 ...