Center-right and center-left chancellor candidates clashed in a fiery debate, exposing deep divisions just weeks ahead of a ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday took aim at his conservative rival Friedrich Merz as lawmakers convened for a final ...

IT IS A calm and confident Friedrich Merz who greets The Economist on February 7th at a luxury golf resort in Stromberg, a ...

Friedrich Merz portrayed Olaf Scholz as a ditherer who led Germany into economic crisis, while the Social Democrat presented ...

The way they’re pardoning people who have been sentenced to years in prison, that will have consequences for America,” Merz ...

Speaking in the first TV debate before snap elections later in the month, Scholz said his strategy for dealing with Trump is ...

Germany's centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday accused his conservative election rival of planning an immigration crackdown that would "bury Europe".

In a pre-election debate, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised rapid EU retaliation if the US imposes tariffs. The ...

President Donald Trump has regularly threatened to impose tariffs on the United States’ top trading partners, accusing them ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described President Donald Trump's suggestion that the U_S_ could take ownership of the ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative ... Yet everyone knew him to be deeply ambitious and Merz soon made the switch from EU politics to Germany's national parliament, the ...