The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far-right has hurt his campaign

Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become Germany's next chancellor, said on Monday that he is ready to lead the country as his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) assembled in Berlin for a party conference weeks ahead of national elections.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said it was important not to divide the world with new trade barriers, as everyone benefits from globalisation, after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Mexico,

German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, says Europe is strong enough to pursue its own interests in trade talks with the United States. Scholz made this statement on Monday after a meeting with fellow EU leaders.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday announced that there would be European countermeasures should the US impose additional tariffs on goods exported from the European Union. "As a strong economic area,

European mobile group Vodafone reported another deterioration in Germany, its biggest market, in its third quarter, a weak point amid otherwise stronger trading in Britain, Turkey and Africa.

Vodafone Group Plc shares fell after fiscal third quarter results revealed a further softening in its German operations.

Strong UK mobile and broadband sales ahead of Vodafone's megamerger with Three helped offset a sharp slowdown in the group's key market of Germany.