In response to the new international security situation, the premier of the southern German state of Bavaria, Markus Söder, is calling for a massive upgrade of the German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr.

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.

The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), which is in alliance with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), emerged as the strongest party in Bavaria in Germany's national elections, reversing its long downward trend.

Markus Soeder, Bavaria's premier and CSU leader, declared collaboration with the Greens implausible. As projections favor his conservative CDU/CSU coalition in the general election, Soeder reaffirms his stance against coalition with the Greens due to immigration policy differences.

Germany's conservatives won Sunday's election and have started exploratory talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on forming a coalition government, but hurdles remain.

Germany’s businesses have been frustrated by government inaction on the stagnating economy. Sunday’s national election raises hopes of a stable two-party coalition of conservatives and center-left Social Democrats,

Friedrich Merz, with the microphone, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, shakes hands with Markus Soeder, leader of CSU and Minister-President of Bavaria, at

Germans woke up to a drastically changed political landscape on Monday, after results from the country's parliamentary elections prepared the ground for a major swing to the right. The conservative CDU/CSU bloc secured a clear victory with 28.

Friedrich Merz's CDU won Germany's elections with 28.6 percent, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) recorded big gains.

The German state of Bavaria has provided an annual report on its funding for alternatively powered buses. According to the report, the Bavarian government