Security policy has become the most urgent challenge for Germany. Its prospective government isn't backing away from it. The ...

"Whatever it takes" appears to be the motto of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, who are expected to form Germany ...

Germany's energy and climate policies under CDU in five points: The pace of climate action, transport sector development, ...

Preliminary talks between Germany's CDU and SPD have yielded an early result, with the parties agreeing on a special fund to boost defense spending, freed from the "debt brake." ...

The prospective partners in Germany’s next government say they will seek to loosen the nation’s rules on running up debt to ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...

Friedrich Merz from the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is on track to be Germany’s next chancellor.

Friedrich Merz has a reputation for being tough on China, but the need to accommodate a coalition partner and headwinds from ...

Despite declarations by Friedrich Merz, the likely future chancellor, the future government's road to taking office looks to ...

Presumptive Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would favor the reintroduction of a compulsory year in which young people could ...

• Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were ...

For his part, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader and Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz claimed victory as he slammed US interference in the country’s election campaign ...