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

By Satyaki Chakraborty The polarization in German politics widened after national elections on Sunday, February 23 in which ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democrats, has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany ...

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military ...

The surge followed an agreement led by Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz that would largely exempt defence spending from ...

The parties hoping to form Germany's next government agreed to create a 500 billion euro infrastructure fund and overhaul ...

German postal voting slips shown in online videos to have omitted the far-right candidate in a Leipzig constituency are fake, ...

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

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

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 CDU/CSU and SPD are planning a special infrastructure fund of 500 billion euros. The German IT and digital sector also ...

Germany is the latest European country to shift to the right, following last weekend’s elections.  Economic decline is a big ...