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 ...

Election winner Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU, its Bavarian sister party CSU, and the Social Democrats (SPD) have taken a major step toward forming a coalition government, the heads of the ...

Talks between the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and Social Democrats (SPD) are to begin within the next couple of days, CDU leader Friedrich Merz announced during a press conference in Berlin ...

BERLIN, March 3 (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said foreign policy and defence must take priority in talks led by their conservative rivals to form a new coalition government but ...

However, the biggest loser in Sunday's vote is the SPD party of incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which has been relegated to third place for the first time in history. Exit polls from Germany’s ...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Nansemond-Suffolk Academy student was charged after a gun was found inside the school Monday. Suffolk Police initially said when it got to the school on Pruden Boulevard ...

Mr Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD) collapsed to third with 16.4% - its worst post-war election result - while its previous coalition partners the Greens took 11.6%. The Free Democratic ...

Merz will likely move to form a coalition with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), leaving his conservatives exposed to attacks from the AfD — which is aiming to win the next national ...

Merz said on Monday that his conservative alliance will seek to form a two-party government with the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), noting that coalition ... election results and the prospect of ...