Former envoy Wu Ken is optimistic about likely chancellor’s focus on trade and economy, and perception of Beijing as ...

In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said on Wednesday they had agreed to start talks on a possible coalition ...

Germanys election winner, Friedrich Merz, is pushing to form a coalition government by Easter, aiming for economic growth and ...

Compared to last October, the vote for the CDU/CSU is down slightly vis a vis the polls, the AfD have not rallied as much as ...

Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz has promised to "massively expand border controls" once the country's next ...

Social Democratic Party co-leader Klingbeil expects conservative chief Merz to change 'course and tone' before talks to form ...

Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.

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

By Andreas Rinke, Vera Eckert and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German election winner Friedrich Merz's conservatives ...

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz is almost certain to become chancellor, but first he needs to win over the Social ...