Modern politics can be brutally unforgiving for incumbent politicians. Yet, for incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz, ...

After weeks of negotiations, the conservative CDU/CSU bloc and center-left SPD presented a coalition deal to form a new ...

Germany has scrapped the fast-track citizenship option that allowed well-integrated immigrants to become German citizens ...

Germany has officially abolished the 3-year fast-track citizenship route for well-integrated immigrants. The decision affects a pathway that allowed immigrants ...

Germany’s two major centrist parties have reached a coalition deal, the culmination of weeks of negotiations after the ...

Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, is calling for renewed national confidence and unity as he promotes his ...

After the German federal government break-up in November 2024 and the new elections in February 2025, the political parties – Christian ...

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far right if the coalition fails, Germany in 2025 has a long list of dangers to ...

German election winner Friedrich Merz has sealed a deal to form a new government that aims to spur economic growth, ramp up ...

Germany's conservative CSU approved a coalition deal with its CDU sister party and the Social Democrats (SPD) on Thursday, a ...

The centre-right CDU and its sister party, CSU, have agreed on a joint coalition agreement with the centre-left SPD, which ...