Germany's coalition talks: where the parties disagree
The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...
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The SPD wants tax cuts for people on lower incomes and higher taxes for the richest. CSU leader Markus Soeder, premier of ...
German Coalition Parties Downplay Discord Before Key Talks
German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats sounded upbeat as they began what should ...
German parties press on with government formation despite differences on migration
Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) agreed on Wednesday to go into the next round of negotiations on forming a ...
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What Denmark’s social democrats could teach Germany’s SPD
Despite suffering their worst electoral humiliation since the 1890s, Germany’s Social Democrat party (SPD) is displaying a ...
German parliament elects an ex-minister as speaker as it opens a potentially confrontational term
BERLIN — Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized ...
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Germany's coalition government still haggling over aid spending
Germany’s coalition talks reveal a divide over foreign aid spending, with the SPD pushing to maintain 0.7% of GDP while the ...
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From citizenship to renting: What to expect when Germany's coalition talks conclude
With coalition negotiations between the CDU-CSU and SPD reaching a crucial point of no return, Brian Melican looks at what ...
Germany's intensifying coalition talks focus on migration, finances
Germany's presumptive next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said coalition negotiations between his conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) were focused on resolving major points of contention but ...
Germany’s new parliament is sworn in, but where are the women?
Three-and-a-half years after Angela Merkel, the only woman to serve as chancellor, retired, German national politics seem to ...
Germany's Merz faces uphill battle as coalition tensions rise over migration, welfare
Merz’s embrace of compromise with the SPD and the Greens (who are expected to play a role in the coalition) risks being seen ...
Germany, abandoned by its American protector, prepares to take defense into its own hands
'Europeans, war and peace' (Part 3 of 7). In Germany, only the radical left and the far right continue to claim a pacifism ...