Negotiators of the conservative Christian Democratic Union andChristian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) made major progress this week: in exploratory talks they ...

Olaf Scholz’s center-left SPD has emerged as the largest party with 206 seats in the german election results. It narrowly topped the polls with about 26% of the votes. The election has delivered a ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, has confirmed that he will seek to form a governing coalition with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). Speaking at the ...

Germany needs a new government fast. The center-right CDU/CSU and the center-left SPD are set to hammer out an agreement by Easter, but there are several sticking ...

Tensions are rising as the German election on February 23 draws ever closer. The tone among the parties had already become rougher in recent weeks, with candidates fighting for every vote. But the ...

The Social Democrats (SPD) won the 2021 German election with 25.7 percent of the vote, slightly ahead of the conservative CDU/CSU which got 24.1 percent, according to official preliminary results ...

The CDU, led by Friedrich Merz (left), and the SPD, co-led by Lars Klingbeil (right), have been in talks of some form or another since February's electionRALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP via Getty Images Germany ...

Heidi Reichinnek (Die Linke), top candidate and co-chair of the parliamentary group, speaks at a press conference in the Haus der Bundespressekonferenz. Sören Stache/dpa Germany's far-left party, The ...

The lettering of 'Saxon State Parliament' in German and Serbian are seen at the entrance to the state parliament building. Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) and the conservative Christian Democrats ...

With their new proposal, the parliamentary leaders of CDU and SPD want to rein in the debate over a ban procedure against the AfD in Berlin. The left-leaning Social Democrats in particular have been ...