Friedrich Merz, German opposition leader and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, speaks during a session of the German parliament 'Bundestag' in Berlin, Germany, Friday ...

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The election is being held earlier than originally scheduled after Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed in November in a dispute over how to revitalize the German economy.

An image shared on Facebook claims to show the German Foreign Minister leaving a meeting and refusing to take a photo with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Social media users are claiming that the ...

Over the past two-and-a-half years, Orcel had multiple meetings with the German government and Commerzbank leadership, he said in an interview with Bloomberg TV’s Francine Lacqua at the World ...