Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz on Thursday made concessions to the Green Party in the hopes ...

Even though negotiations to form a coalition have not yet begun, the head of the Christian Democratic Union party, which came ...

BERLIN — Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting in a fiery Bundestag debate Thursday urged Green lawmakers to pass constitutional ...

BERLIN — Germany's likely next government under conservative leader Friedrich Merz has said it plans a shot in the arm for ...

The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Merz's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats – in talks to form a coalition after February's general election – ...

The party said they would not support the conservative chancellor-in-waiting’s paradigm-changing plan to invest massively in ...

Chancellor-to-be vows greater share of investments for green transition as outgoing Bundestag reconvenes to debate bills ...

Hours after his election victory last Sunday, Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), said on national television that he would try to “achieve ...

Friedrich Merz wants to end Germany’s deadlock on EU policy, but his solution may not be to everyone’s liking.

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Germany's CDU, CSU and SPD parties have produced an exploratory paper on their plans on various topics, including migration, ...