In Germany, coalition governments are typically formed through a two-step process: parties first engage in exploratory talks to assess potential alliances before entering formal coalition negotiations

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Wednesday elected Lars Klingbeil as leader of its parliamentary group, cementing his position as the party seeks to recover from a historic election defeat to join Friedrich Merz's conservatives in government.

After a humbling election defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats (SPD), the party ... "The ball is in Friedrich Merz's court," said SPD co-leader Lars Klingbeil at a party press conference. Germany needed the SPD to "to be able to ...

High-level talks between leaders of Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) and the winners of the country's recent elections, the centre-right CDU/CSU bloc, continued in Berlin on Wednesday. Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SPD met for an hour and a half with the man widely expected to replace him as chancellor,

Following a historic election defeat for his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that he plans to carry out his work as head of government "properly to the end.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose centre-right bloc won the country's election on Sunday, visited Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday for initial talks. Merz is almost certain to replace Scholz as the country's next chancellor after his Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party,