Social Democrat co-leader Lars Klingbeil will become Germany’s next finance minister, putting him in charge of the purse ...

The Social Democratic Party's Lars Klingbeil has been tapped to become Germany's next finance minister in the incoming ...

Lars Klingbeil, Germany's next vice chancellor and finance minister, is an experienced Social Democrat lawmaker who has sat ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) backed a coalition deal with the CDU/CSU conservatives on Wednesday in the final step to ...

Germany's incoming finance minister Lars Klingbeil is a self-styled political "bridge-builder" whose calm and personable ...

Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) has approved a coalition agreement with Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc, ...

The AfD had been under observation since 2021 as a suspected extremist case. The new classification formalises that status ...

The SPD’s participation in government under Merz marks a new stage in the decline of the party, whose history began more than ...

Lars Klingbeil, a veteran Social Democrat lawmaker, is set to become Germany's next vice chancellor and finance minister, overseeing a significant increase in defense spending. Known for his charisma ...

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has classified the entire Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as rightwing extremist, in a move that will reignite the debate over whether it should be banned.

Germany's domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the far-right AfD party as an extremist group, handing ...