Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens have rejected calls for benefit cuts from leading economic expert Veronika Grimm, ...

A draft law on military service aims to beef up Bundeswehr numbers, but there is friction over whether it should include ...

These subsidies have contributed to Germany's goal of sourcing 80% of its electricity consumption from renewable sources by ...

AfD increases its vote to 26%, while Chancellor Merz's approval ratings hit a new low of just 29%, down from 43% in June - ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) have approved a deal to join a new coalition government with the CDU/CSU conservatives, paving the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to be confirmed as ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) backed a coalition deal with the CDU/CSU conservatives on Wednesday in the final step to forming a government in Europe's largest economy, and nominated their ...

The fate of the chancellor, his coalition government and his traditionally conservative party all depends on how they counter ...

Moritz Frankenberg/dpa Leaders of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) urged the party's rank and file to approve a high-stakes coalition agreement to form the next government in Berlin.

Due to its Nazi past and historic responsibility for the Holocaust, Germany has long had a "special relationship" with Israel ...

GERMANY'S NEW LEADER LOOKS TO DISTANCE EUROPE FROM TRUMP To secure the position of chancellor, Merz would have needed to win 316 out of 630 in the Bundestag. The coalition of CSU/CDU and SPD has ...

FILE PHOTO: SPD parliamentary group leader Andrea Nahles speaks during the SPD's one-day party congress in Bonn, Germany, January 21, 2018. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights ...