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.

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Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become chancellor after Germany’s snap election next month, will take his campaign pitch to the World Economic Forum next week.

President Donald Trump has given everyone at Davos something to talk about with his actions on the first day of his second term.

Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month.

The U.N. chief ratcheted up his warning about climate change and said the world’s thirst for fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein monster” that spares no one, while calling for greater attention to risks posed by artificial intelligence if its ascent goes ungoverned.

Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, frontrunner in polls to become the next chancellor, on Tuesday urged a united European stance in talks with US President Donald Trump.

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.

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP ... His Social Democrats are trailing third in polls showing conservative Friedrich Merz is the favorite to become the next chancellor after the Feb. 23 elections.

Conservative leader Merz, front-runner to become next German chancellor, proposes EU-US energy and defense deals to establish constructive relationship with US President Trump - Anadolu Ajansı

Friedrich Merz, German opposition leader and chairman of the CDU party, speaks at the Global Leaders Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.