"Whatever it takes" appears to be the motto of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, who are expected to form Germany's new government. They are set to reform borrowing limits to allow for ...

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

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

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

Friedrich Merz has a reputation for being tough on China, but the need to accommodate a coalition partner and headwinds from ...

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

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

Pensions for millions of Germans are set to rise by 3.75% on July 1, outgoing Labour Minister Hubertus Heil said in Berlin on ...

Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social ...

The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s ...

The SPD-led traffic light coalition with the Greens and FDP pushed the Cannabis Act through in April 2024. The law, which decriminalised cannabis, followed similar moves in Portugal, the Netherlands, ...