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

Box office is down, producers are struggling and a promised tax break is still MIA. "If things don't change soon, the damage ...

Coalition negotiations between the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats to form a new federal government began Thursday.

Germany’s likely next leader Friedrich Merz was set yesterday to defend his unprecedented plans to massively ramp up defense ...

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

The parties hoping to form the next German government - the conservative bloc and Social Democrats (SPD) - are making significant efforts in winning over the Greens, whose votes they need to pass a ...

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

As the country awaits a new coalition government, we asked readers which issues were most important to them as foreign nationals living in Germany. From citizenship rules to cost of living and the ...

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

Midterm elections tend to be unkind to the party in power. The sitting president’s party has lost House seats in every midterm but two dating back to 1950. The last time Donald Trump was president, ...

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