Coalition talks begin in Germany: Rearming like the Nazis, anti-refugee agitation and social cuts
Coalition negotiations between the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats to form a new federal government began Thursday.
Germany's Friedrich Merz faces rocky road to lift debt brake rules
Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz on Thursday made concessions to the Green Party in the hopes ...
Germany's oldest party between a rock and a hard place
The federal election was disastrous for Germany's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). Voters have been fleeing it in ...
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Germany's Social Democrats cancel meetings, focus on coalition talks
Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) will not appear at traditional events to mark Ash Wednesday as they focus ...
Germany’s prospective new government struggles to win support for defense, infrastructure plans
Germany’s Greens say they won't support the prospective next government’s plans to loosen debt rules for defense spending and ...
Social Democrats and Greens sound out path to governing in Hamburg
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) have begun exploratory talks on forming a coalition government with the Greens in Hamburg, ...
Germany's New Political Leaders Face Big Problems of Their Own Making
Economically troubled Germany just held elections and will soon have a new government. The conservative Christian Democratic ...
Germany's Merz wants European nuclear weapons to boost US shield
The German chancellor-in-waiting said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing weapons, but not as a ...
Germany to ease government debt limits in major step aimed at boosting economy, defense spending
The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...
Germany Needs to Get Its Act Together. Under Him, It Won’t.
Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...
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Germany’s political upheaval and the transatlantic alliance’s uncertain future
Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party likely, but the rise of the far-right AfD party and its ...
Analysis-Germany's climate activists on edge as parties shape coalition agenda
Climate activists fear the worst when Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats begin to thrash out a joint climate policy ...