The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out ...

The SPD wants tax cuts for people on lower incomes and higher taxes for the richest. CSU leader Markus Soeder, premier of ...

Ukrainian political veterans long out of power have emerged as a new source of pressure on Ukraine's political leadership.

Merz, whose closest allies are mostly men, refused to adopt Heil’s request. The 69-year-old said he regretted the low number ...

A bold move by Germany’s prime minister-in-waiting Friedrich Merz to ease longstanding caps on government spending has won ...

The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," ...

Germany’s coalition talks reveal a divide over foreign aid spending, with the SPD pushing to maintain 0.7% of GDP while the ...

Christian Social Union (CSU) - the CDU's sister party that only operates in the south-eastern German state of Bavaria - and ...

In Australia, we don't have autonomous vehicles on our roads just yet. But before they arrive, laws will need to change, ...

Self-driving vehicles are becoming more commonplace on our roads but the traffic legislation keeping them in check is not up ...

Some 16,000 workers at public transit operator BVG took limited strike action March 26-28 in support of their demand for a ...

Germany's presumptive next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said coalition negotiations between his conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) were focused on resolving major points of contention but ...