Tech giant Microsoft announced it is adding Elon Musk's AI startup xAI's Grok 3 to its Azure platform. Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini will be available through Azure's AI Foundry platform, which allows ...

Is the country’s latest grand coalition a shaky marriage of convenience—or “democracy’s last bullet”? Ad Policy Friedrich Merz (l), CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman, and Lars ...

The coalition negotiations between the social democratic SPD and conservative right CDU/CSU are going surprisingly smoothly, almost harmoniously. Lars Klingbeil, co-chairman of the SPD, explains that ...

Germany has a new government, and Christian-Democrat Friedrich Merz is set to become chancellor, leading a grand coalition between the CDU/CSU and SPD. It’s a familiar formula — but in a very ...

Germany's conservatives under Friedrich Merz have reached a deal with the Social Democrats to govern Europe's biggest economy, five months after the previous government collapsed. Merz, 69, said their ...

The juicy bits of German politics have been playing out behind the curtains at Berlin party headquarters these days. That is where the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) have ...

With all constituencies counted, the centre-right Christian Democratic Union has claimed victory, while minnows, including the left-conservative BSW, barely missed the threshold to enter parliament.

Following his victory in the German parliamentary elections, CDU leader Friedrich Merz has announced talks on the rapid formation of a government under his leadership. Because Sahra Wagenknecht failed ...

German voters head to the polls in a winter election on Sunday but may not have a new government for some time. Arduous coalition negotiations tend to drag on for weeks if not months in Germany, ...

The confident poll frontrunner Friedrich Merz has said he's aiming for an Easter deadline -- April 20 -- for a deal and urged potential allies to get ready for speedy talks. "If we spend weeks, ...

Berlin - A recent survey indicates that a coalition between the Union parties and the SPD remains the most favored government option among voters ahead of the 2025 Bundestag elections. Conducted by ...