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.

Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.

At the World Economic Forum, much of the global corporate elite is responding with surprising optimism to the new president’s radical and hyperactive agenda.

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

Also speaking on Tuesday will be conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the favourite to succeed him as chancellor ... "It has increased the interest in Davos because people feel they need to come together to better understand what's on its way," Brende ...

The war in Ukraine must end with no hope for Putin, who initiated it, to achieve his goals and subjugate Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos a day after Trump's inauguration, Merz recalled congratulating him in a handwritten letter and said "we should be ready to meet as soon as possible".

DAVOS, Switzlerand — (AP ... as well as German opposition leader and would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz in an effort to stir up support for Ukraine's fight against Russia.

Preparations in the plenary hall for the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland ... as well as Friedrich Merz, the favorite to succeed him in February. A new world order ...

DAVOS, Switzerland — As the World Economic ... His Social Democrats are trailing third in polls showing conservative Friedrich Merz is the favorite to become the next chancellor after the ...

DAVOS, Switzerland — Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, wants his country and France to overcome their disputes on EU trade policy. “I am very close to Emmanuel Macron, and we are meeting regularly on these issues,” Merz told a panel ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky separately met with German opposition leader Friedrich Merz and Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 22. Talks ...