BERLIN, March 28 (Reuters) - The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out a coalition agreement on Friday.

After four weeks of intensive talks, Germany's leading conservative and centre-left parties have drafted their plan for a new ...

Omer Messinger/AFP via Getty Images The disagreements threaten to delay the formation of Germany’s coalition government amid already complicated talks, which involve 16 groups with 256 negotiators.

The U.S. president’s tariffs and stance on Ukraine compelled the incoming chancellor to quickly form a stable government ...

Leaders of the CDU, CSU and SPD hold a press conference in Berlin at the start of coalition talks. Photo ... penning a new political programme for Germany will present their results to party ...

Germany finalises coalition deal after February vote as fiscal reforms, migration, and NATO spending take focus.

As Merz prepares to assume the chancellorship, all eyes are on how his administration will navigate a rapidly shifting global ...

Germany’s two major centrist parties have reached a coalition deal, the culmination of weeks of negotiations after the ...

Germany's conservatives under chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Tuesday looked set to reach a deal with the centre-left ...

Germany's presumptive next chancellor ... The closed-door talks will continue on Saturday. The parties aim to reach a coalition deal by Easter in April. In the February 23 election, the CDU ...

BERLIN - The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out a coalition agreement on Friday. Here are the main issues ...

Explainer-Germany's Coalition Talks: Where Do the Parties Disagree? By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were ...