How will Germany’s Friedrich Merz build his coalition government?
The first of the four so-called Grand Coalitions, which was led by CDU leader Kurt Georg Kiesinger, weighed 90 per cent in the Bundestag in 1966. Angela Merkel’s first of three governments with the SPD in 2005 represented a 73 per cent majority and her fourth, in 2018, relied on 56 per cent of the seats.
German election: the results explained as Friedrich Merz comes out swinging for Europe
Friedrich Merz, the presumptive chancellor of Germany, has confirmed he will seek a coalition with the social democratic SPD after the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won the February 23 election, topping the poll with 28.
Germany's conservative election winner Friedrich Merz said Monday he would seek talks with the centre-left to speedily build ...
BERLIN/JERUSALEM: Germany’s election winner Friedrich Merz warned the United States on Monday against turning its back on ...
The centre-right CDU's leader has committed himself to taking a more active role in the bloc in the midst of what he says is ...
Germany's conservatives won the country's snap elections, but many in the party are disappointed at its overall showing. The ...
Threatened by far-right gains, Friedrich Merz faces tricky coalition talks as he tries to address anti-immigration sentiments while keeping potential left-wing government partners ...
Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after ...
The Christian Democrats won with 28.6% of the vote while the far-right Alternative for Germany came second with 20.8%.
Friedrich Merz will be the next chancellor of Germany. And he still can’t tell what his government program will be. His ...
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