Germany’s future chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday said his conservative CDU party has come to an agreement in principle with the Social Democrats (SPD) to form a coalition government.

Germany's Social Democrats are one of the ... the far right will continue to exploit it. If centre-left parties want to regain their relevance, they must confront and analyse their electoral ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), meanwhile, has surged three points on its election result to take 24 per cent in ...

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

Party leaders from the CDU, CSU and SPD are entering the final phase of coalition talks on Friday. From migration to taxation, here are the differences they'll need to resolve before they can form ...

Lead negotiators for Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc are to resume talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Friday with the aim of forming a viable coalition, the three parties ...

although the AfD is not currently in the national government – and remains unlikely to be accepted as a coalition partner by the victorious centre-right CDU – German political parties "are ...

He said his party had won assurances on key demands, such as a €15 (S$21) per hour minimum wage and stable pensions. The plan is for Germany to have a new government in place by mid-April that ...