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BERLIN: The co-chief of Germany's ruling Social Democrats (SPD) is sceptical about NATO's goal for each member to spend 2 per cent of economic output on defence, according to a newspaper report, underscoring ambivalence in the country about…

BERLIN: Germany's ruling Social Democrats (SPD) will propose further measures to help its citizens cope with rising energy prices, including another discounted national transport ticket, a document seen by Reuters showed on Sunday (Aug 28).…

FRANKFURT: The Nord Stream 2 pipeline to bring Russian gas to Germany should not be mixed up with political and human rights disputes with Moscow, a senior official from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) that leads Germany's coalition…

The housing situation in Germany is in such a state of disarray that the country's next government wants to create an entirely new ministry to oversee it. Until now the domain of the Interior Ministry, housing and building will be spun off…

The housing situation in Germany is in such a state of disarray that the country's next government wants to make an entirely new ministry to oversee it. Until now the domain of the interior ministry, housing, and building will be spun off…

Issued on: 24/11/2021 - 16:35 Three German parties have reached a deal to form a new government that will end the era of longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Olaf Scholz,…

BERLIN: Germany's Green party on Sunday followed its prospective partner, the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), in clearing the way for official three-way negotiations with the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) to form the next…

BERLIN: Germany's Social Democrats began in-depth exploratory coalition talks on Monday (Oct 11) with two smaller parties and expressed confidence that the three would form a new government this year following an inconclusive national…

BERLIN: Germany's Greens met Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Tuesday for talks to explore whether they and a smaller liberal party could form a new coalition government following last month's national election. A close result in…

Issued on: 28/09/2021 - 14:22 After narrowly beating Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Sunday’s general election, members of Germany’s Social Democrats…