Former envoy Wu Ken is optimistic about likely chancellor’s focus on trade and economy, and perception of Beijing as ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition ...

Compared to last October, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not rallied as much as ...

Social Democratic Party co-leader Klingbeil expects conservative chief Merz to change 'course and tone' before talks to form ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has promised to "massively expand border controls" once the country's next ...

Germanys election winner, Friedrich Merz, is pushing to form a coalition government by Easter, aiming for economic growth and ...

Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.

By Andreas Rinke, Vera Eckert and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is almost certain to become chancellor, but first he needs to win over the Social ...