The centre-left party will send four women and three men to the cabinet of incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Germany's new cabinet was sworn in on Tuesday. Here are the key names you need to know in everything from foreign policy to ...

Germany's aging population is putting the country's pension system under strain. The new Labor Minister Bärbel Bas has ...

Many women in Germany receive much lower pensions ... to help support the statutory pension scheme. At the time, the SPD was lukewarm on the idea, the CDU/CSU which was then in opposition ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) confirmed on Monday that Boris Pistorius would remain defence minister as they announced ...

New data reveals scale of German housing crisis, the SPD elects a new leader, passengers slam Deutsche Bahn's dirty trains ...

Friedrich Merz needed a surprise second vote to clear parliament.

Friedrich Merz has been confirmed as the new chancellor of Germany after a second vote in the country’s parliament, hours ...