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Two weeks after the elections, the talks held by the SPD, the FDP and the Greens in Berlin are still preliminary. For now, this is not about forming an actual government coalition, but about the question whether there should be coalition talks at all.

In Berlin, the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), the pro-business Liberals (FDP) and the environmentalist Greens held their first round of preliminary talks…

Forming a three-party government coalition can be complicated, but the next step towards the 'traffic light' model has been taken. As early as today,…

More than a week after the general elections in Germany, the parties involved in preliminary coalition talks do not seem to be making headway. Contrasting interests are causing problems.

A week after the general elections in Germany, representatives of several parties held talks in Berlin. At this stage, the goal is to establish if and how they…

Thirty-one years ago today, Germany was reunited. A week ago today, several elections took place. Now, three government coalitions need to be formed. The…

In Berlin, the center-left Social Democrats and the center-right CDU/CSU have scheduled talks about a cooperation with the smaller parties FDP and the Greens in a future government coalition for Germany. Most of them are supposed to take place this week.

Berlin's main election official Petra Michaelis just stepped down because of the chaos the German capital drowned in on Super Sunday, when several elections…

There is something the FDP and the Greens never really wanted to do, namely form a government together. But when duty calls, it might work out anyway. A selfie…

On Sunday, the conservative CDU and its Bavarian version CSU got one of the worst election results in their history. Still, Armin Laschet behaved like a victor. Now, more and more prominent CDU members slam him.