In response to the new international security situation, the premier of the southern German state of Bavaria, Markus Söder, ...

Volker Ulrich was in no mood for the usual magnanimous pleasantries on election night in Augsburg. The Bavarian politician, candidate for the Christian Social Union (CSU), had just discovered that, ...

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

Friedrich Merz, with the microphone, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, shakes ...

Published February 25, 2025 last updated February 25, 2025 Following its election win, the CDU's parliamentary group is meeting after leader Friedrich Merz says he aiming for a coalition with the SPD.

He has vowed to prioritize European unity and the continent’s security as it grapples with the new Trump administration and ...

The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), which is in alliance with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), emerged as the ...

The conservative CDU/CSU party is set to be the largest party in the next German parliament with 30% of the vote, according ...

Markus Soeder, Bavaria's premier and CSU leader, declared collaboration with the Greens implausible. As projections favor his ...

A senior conservative lawmaker in Germany believes that the centre-right bloc, which clearly won Sunday's election according ...

Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, reacts to the speech of Markus ...

Germany holds elections on Sunday after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a ...