In an indication that scientific research has become a major issue in Germany's national elections next month, Federal Education and Research Minister Edelgard Bulmahn has reversed previous statements ...

For the first time in a German election campaign, the two top candidates of the main parties met for a televised debate. For 75 minutes last Sunday, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD—Social ...

The leading candidates to become Germany's next chancellor voiced their support for Ukraine in a heated four-way TV debate on Sunday, as the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel spent much of the 90-minute debate among the two chancellor candidates parrying attacks from her center-left challenger, Martin Schulz.

The top four candidates to become Germany's next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck and Alice Weidel, will face off in a live television debate. With just seven days to go, the ...

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Opposition Leader Angela Merkel held their only televised debate for election to chancellor. Journalists questioned the two candidates on the budget, tax ...

Germany has had televised candidates between candidates for chancellor since 2002. In recent campaigns, there was only one debate between Merkel and her Social Democratic challenger of the day.

Candidates vying to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor clashed on Thursday on tax, debt and foreign policy in a final television debate as opinion polls showed the race tightening three ...

Top German politicians and chancellor candidates faced off one last time in a debate on local broadcaster ZDF ahead of Sunday’s federal elections. The war in Ukraine dominated an agenda packed ...

Germany relies on extended US nuclear deterrence for its security. Now, the prospect of Trump's re-election could change this strategy.

In the most heated moments of the first German EU election debate on Thursday (30 May), centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) chief Manfred Weber was at pains to reconcile his opposition to ...