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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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

MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and the author of The Abandonment of the West: ...

A first draft of Germany’s future ... to a draft of the coalition agreement. The draft, whose authenticity was verified by Euractiv, emerged from ongoing coalition talks between the Christian ...

Germany's conservative bloc, led by Friedrich Merz, is currently engaged in coalition talks with the Social ... though key disagreements — including on immigration —remain unresolved.

Germany may have a new parliament, but it still does not have a new government, although coalition talks are underway ... a few sticking points, namely disagreements on taxes, welfare policy ...

Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party ... The centre-left party is in exploratory talks to become the junior partner in a coalition with the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and ...

The broadcaster said the coalition talks have been held up on disagreements over taxes, welfare policy and migration. Merz, who campaigned on fiscal responsibility and adhering to Germany's so ...