Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius speaks during a press statement after his visit to the exercise. The multinational NATO ...

The German Social Democratic Party (SPD) demanded major pro-immigration commitments as a precondition for joining a coalition with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The topic of immigration has ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Olaf Scholz, the German centre-left Social Democrats' (SPD) candidate to succeed Angela Merkel, took a major step toward becoming chancellor on Friday, announcing that he and the ...

Germany's Social Democrats called Monday for greater welfare spending in a shift back to their leftist roots, further straining ties with coalition partners, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) scored a clear victory in a regional election in the state of Saarland on Sunday, according to preliminary results, helping Chancellor Olaf Scholz consolidate his ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz says he aiming to close a coalition agreement with the SPD in a "short time." Meanwhile, talks are ongoing on how to increase defense spending. DW has the latest.

The future of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government hung in the balance on Saturday as her junior coalition partners, the Social Democrats, prepared to announce the result of their leadership election ...