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SPD votes to open German coalition talks

The centre-left party has given the green light for the start of negotiations with Chancellor Merkel's conservatives, as leader Martin Schulz made an impassioned speech calling for a United States of Europe 'by 2025'

Germany

German SPD urged to join coalition by EU leaders

The head of Germany's Social Democrats has said that he has been urged by France's Emmanuel Macron to form a ruling coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party

Germany

Germany's SPD says grand coalition 'not automatic'

"We have a lot of options for building a government," says Martin Schulz.

Germany

Pro-refugee mayor stabbed in 'politically motivated' attack

Conservative mayor known for his liberal migrant policy stabbed in the neck

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Merkel presses SPD over joining new German coalition

Angela Merkel has reached out to the Social Democrats in a bid to create a new coalition without calling fresh elections.

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State of the Union: German coalition talks collapse

World News

Euroviews. View: Macron alone is not enough to fill EU power vacuum

Phillipe Legrain says the French president will not be able to fill the hole in Europe left by Merkel’s declining power

Europe News

German political crisis: a cause for concern, or an opportunity for Europe?

Germany's political situation has worried some European leaders, but should it be seen as an opportunity, rather than a cause for concern?

Germany

Merkel says she is prepared to call fresh elections

Germany's Angela Merkel says she is prepared to call a snap election after coalition talks fail

Germany

German president urges political "responsibility" after collapse of coalition talks

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gave a statement after talks on forming a coalition government in Germany collapsed

Germany

Merkel's migrant crisis stalls coalition talks

Efforts to forge a coalition deal look likely to drag on into the weekend

Germany

Euroviews. View: Merkel’s greatest achievement

Marcel Fratzscher says the German chancellor’s most consequential achievement is not economic

France

Karl Lagerfeld evokes Holocaust when criticising immigrants in Germany

The Chanel designer said on French television that migrants are Jews' "worst enemies"

Germany

Merkel furious over May-Juncker dinner leaks

The German chancellor may be furious after an account described May as desperate over Brexit negotiations.

World News

Merkel 'pushes for cut in pre-accession funds' to Turkey

Angela Merkel is said to have pushed for the cuts and called for a common EU position on membership talks.

World News

Body-language expert on Macron, Merkel and May's hushed EU Summit conversation

Brexit, migration, Turkey and Iran are all likely topics of conversation for these three

Germany

Merkel 'agrees' refugee cap with allies

Progress in coalition talks in Germany - deal over refugee numbers 'agreed' between Merkel's CDU and Bavarian allies

Germany

German chancellor in crunch coalition talks

Immigration is high on the agenda as Germany's Angela Merkel holds crunch coalition talks with her Bavarian conservative sister party, the CSU.

Economy

View: Window of opportunity for EU reforms has already closed

Reform agendas laid out by Merkel and Macron require the buy-in of a German electorate that is moving in the opposite direction, writes Hans-Helmut Kotz

Germany

Germany drops mass US, UK spying probe

The decision comes four years after whistle-blower Edward Snowden accused the US National Security Agency (NSA) of bugging Chancellor Angela Merkel's private cell phone and massively spying on citizens of allied countries.