The race to lead Germany is diverting through Switzerland, with a campaigning push in Davos set to showcase competing visions for how to revive Europe’s biggest economy.
The incumbent government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a Social Democrat (SPD), has styled itself as a champion of the rules-based international order and, in the case of Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, of an ethical, feminist foreign policy.
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Scholz's challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in German election spotlight
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Scholz's challenger demands tougher migration rules as knife attack spills into German election
Germany's likely next chancellor demands migration crackdown after knife attack
BERLIN: Germany's main opposition leader vowed on Thursday (Jan 23) to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor, as expected, after elections next month, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children.
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Latest YouGov poll shows Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc commanding 28% of voter support, leading Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats by 9 percentage points - Anadolu Ajansı
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, tipped to become the next chancellor, said on Thursday he wanted to win back the lost trust of key allies and ensure Berlin is more assertive on the global stage in a speech laying out his foreign policy plans.
The chancellor, lagging in the polls ahead of the Feb. 23 election, called for an investigation into why the Afghan suspect was even in Germany.
After years in which Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been accused of treading lightly on European and world stages, conservative election
Tucking into beer and pretzels, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, conservative millionaire Friedrich Merz, is showing off his folksy side.
Latest YouGov poll shows Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc commanding 28% of voter support, leading Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats by 9 percentage points - Anadolu Ajansı
German private-sector activity stabilized after six months in decline, an unexpected improvement that’ll be welcomed by politicians before a snap election next month.Most Read from BloombergWhat Happened to Hanging Out on the Street?
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