(VOVWORLD) -The US government has started shutting down after Congress failed to overcome a bitter standoff over spending and immigration - marking a chaotic end to Donald Trump's first year...
(VOVWORLD) - Negotiators for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have agreed to drop plans to lower carbon dioxide emissions by 40% from 1990...
(VOVWORLD) -Germany’s Bavarian conservatives are pressing for corporate tax cuts and cuts to welfare payments for asylum seekers, which could complicate talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) on forming...
(VOVWORLD) - Former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Saturday urged Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and Social Democrats to quickly form a new government
(VOVWORLD) - The leadership of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) on Friday accepted the recommendation of party leader Martin Schulz to begin exploratory talks on forming a government with Chancellor Angela...
(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) say they hope to find clarity soon on prospects for a new ruling coalition as they...
(VOVWORLD) - Leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party agreed on Sunday to pursue a "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats (SPD) to break the political deadlock in Europe...
(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to form a government as soon as possible after coalition negotiations between the Christian Democrats (CDU), the Social Democrats (SPD), and the Greens...
(VOVWORLD) - Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) agreed on Friday to hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on renewing their outgoing coalition government, but pledged that party members would have the...
(VOVWORLD) - Most Germans want new elections following the failure of negotiations to form a coalition between the Free Democrats (FDP), Greens, the Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Union (CSU),...
(VOVWORLD) -Talks to form Germany’s next coalition government collapsed on Monday when the Free Democratic Party (FDP) walked out of marathon negotiations. This means Germany will have fresh elections...
(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) partners held separate talks with the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Greens on forming...
(VOVWORLD) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday declared Obamacare “dead” and “gone,” on Monday but urged both Republicans and Democrats in Congress to craft a short-term fix of...
(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday she will start talks next Wednesday to form a coalition government which includes her CDU/CSU alliance, the Free Democrats (FDP), and the...
(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday officially announced talks with the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green parties to form a coalition government
(VOVWORLD) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), Germany’s third largest party following the German election, won’t affect German’s policies on refugees,...
(VOVWORLD) - The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) will experience a surge in voter support to finish the third in upcoming national elections, an opinion poll released on Friday suggested
(VOVWORLD) - US Senate voted 55-45 to reject a Republican proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare on Wednesday
(VOVWORLD) -British voters cast their votes in a general election on Thursday. The results of the election will impact Brexit negotiations with the EU. VOV’s foreign-desk editor comments
(VOVWORLD) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party won a critical victory in the North Rhine-Westphalia election on Sunday. formation and Communications