Germany is preparing for elections after its previous three-party coalition collapsed. The main political parties are aligned by color code...

Lawmakers voted by 395-303 with six abstentions to elect Scholz - a comfortable majority, though short of the 416 seats his three-party coa...

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has moved closer to becoming German chancellor after agreeing on a coalition deal that aims to modernise Europe...

Though results look fragmented, it may produce a Centre left government which will prefer continuation of Angela Merkel's domestic and fore...

Merkel is still Germany's most popular politician, whose voluntary departure marks a watershed moment for the country of 83 million people....

Leaders of Alternative for Germany (AfD) put on a brave face after projected election results showed support for the far-right party droppi...

Whoever wins Sunday's election, experts say Germany's next parliament will likely be bigger than ever. Election rules mean the current 709-...

“I don’t understand why the SPD never said a good word about the grand coalition during the election campaign,” said Merkel, Europe’s longe...

Latest opinion polls conducted just days before the election unanimously forecast that 62-year-old Merkel, will remain at the helm of the n...

In 2012, Germany ran a trade deficit of euro 27 bn with Russia, Libya and Norway, for energy imports, and also with Japan(euro4.7 bn), and ...

Germany's Green party today pulled out of coalition talks with Angela Merkel's CDU, leaving the Chancellor to focus on discussions with the...

Angela Merkel and the rival who came a distant second in last month's national election held a first round of preliminary talks.

Amidst all the general excitement over Syria, rupee, Modi and the Fed, it’s easy to forget that Germany goes to elections the week coming u...

Germany to unveil a multi-billion-euro fund to aid companies unable to raise loans from banks wracked by credit crisis.

Germany's ruling coalition has reached agreement on a 50-billion-euro (70-billion-dollar) economic stimulus plan over the next two years, r...

Germany's centre-left SPD set up an election showdown today, picking current foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as its candidate to f...

Germany's left-right coalition said on Thursday it had agreed on plans to tax new vehicles on how much they pollute instead of engine size ...