The first televised debate ahead of the federal elections in Germany took place between incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD ...

Standing ovations with slow, rhythmic applause are the order of the day at each campaign appearance of CDU leader Friedrich ... of all this is how Merz, a self-anointed economic expert, has ...

The "e-patient file for all" is causing a stir. If Merz (CDU) has his way, privacy will soon cost extra. Anyone who is ...

Friedrich Merz, nemesis of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, is confident that he will win the upcoming election — despite his ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to toughen rules on immigration. It did not pay off. By Christopher F.

Friedrich Merz ... board of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, in Germany. But when Merkel announced she would be leaving politics in 2021, Merz returned and gradually rose through ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky separately met with German opposition leader Friedrich Merz and Israeli President Isaac Herzog ...

A speech by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticizing fossil fuel use and warning of the perils of artificial intelligence has headlined the agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual event ...

Germany's election frontrunner Friedrich ... for deportation. Merz, seeking to steer the debate back to other topics, spoke about his vision on wider security issues and economic policy.

As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on ...

Friedrich Merz, the centre-Right leader of the Christian ... “I give voters in Germany the guarantee that there will be a real turnaround in economic policy and asylum policy,” he told Bild ...

António Guterres, the United Nations secretary-general, headlined a flurry of activities and talk sessions on Wednesday as the World Economic ... be chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Vietnam ...