His bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will each send a nine-member team to the talks, party sources told AFP. Merz, 69, has set a deadline of mid-April ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) finished third with 16% of the vote, according to estimates from public broadcaster ARD. This is the party's worst result since World War II.

Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) on Tuesday held talks on forming a coalition as hopes for buoying Europe's ...

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The Social Democrats (SPD) conceded defeat, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calling the result "bitter." He was speaking to his supporters in Berlin. (Source: Berliner Modell via Associated ...

German Chancellor and candidate of th Social Democratic Party (SPD), Olaf Scholz, speaks on stage at the party's headquarters, the Willy Brandt House, after the forecast of the German federal ...

Germany's center-right CDU won the country's snap elections, but many in the party are disappointed at its overall showing.

Germans are set to take to the polling stations on Sunday to decide on their next government in Sunday’s federal election. Four candidates are competing for the top chancellor job, incumbent ...

Leaders in Germany's likely next coalition have met to discuss Ukraine policy and security. Outgoing Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says she wants no leading role in her Green Party parliamentary ...