According to forecasts, the CDU can count on 23 seats, while its Bavarian sister party CSU can expect 6. The Social Democrats may get 14 seats, the Greens 12, and the FDP five.

The conservative CDU/CSU bloc of German election winner Friedrich Merz and the Social Democrats have agreed in principle with the Greens on plans for a massive increase in state borrowing ahead of ...

German Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) officially signed a coalition deal with the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Monday, paving the way for a new government after weeks of negotiations.

Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU), its more openly right-wing Bavarian affiliate, announced the names of their ministers in the incoming ...

Germany's coalition government has cleared its final hurdle to power after the Social Democrats (SPD) voted in favour of the agreement. Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) have approved a deal to ...

Friedrich Merz previously held the position of the chairman of the united CDU/CSU faction during the last legislative period from 2000 to 2002 BERLIN, February 25. /TASS/. Friedrich Merz ...

(Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) Federich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU/CSU bloc, has become the new German chancellor after securing a narrow majority during the second round of votes on Tuesday in the ...