Friedrich Merz aims to swiftly form government after his conservative bloc's February 23 election win. SPD leader Lars Klingbeil stressed a coalition with the CDU/CSU was "not automatic" amid key ...

Ukraine Both the CDU/CSU and SPD agree that Germany has a duty to continue its support for Ukraine. CDU leader and likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has repeatedly spoken out in favor of ...

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 ...

Germany's conservative CDU/CSU political union and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have signed off on a coalition deal in Berlin which paves the way for a new government to be sworn in on ...

The CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens could decide to form a so-called "Kenya" coalition, as their colours match those of the Kenyan flag. This coalition is currently one of the few mathematically possible ...

In Germany, the CDU/CSU and SPD have achieved a first breakthrough in their exploratory talks. They have put together a financial package worth ...

Union und SPD wollen den Parteigremien die Aufnahme von Koalitionsverhandlungen zur Bildung einer großen Koalition empfehlen. Darauf verständigten sich beide Seiten am Donnerstag bei ihrer ...

Four weeks ago, in a poll by the same institute, support for the CDU/CSU stood at 38 percent, 16 percentage points ahead of the SPD on 22 percent. Another poll by Insa published on Monday by Bild even ...