If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD.

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

BERLIN — Germany’s former leader Angela Merkel has exposed a deep rift within the country ... The EU economy is already facing challenges in the form of U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz ... was passed with support from the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD), breaking a long-held political taboo in Germany.

Once little-known among his fellow Germans, Mr Kohler became a popular head of state, often positioning himself as an ...

Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...

"The coming weeks will become a moment of truth for the conservative CDU and for Germany." Merz took over the CDU after Merkel, with whom he had often been at odds, stepped down as chancellor in 2021.

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the ...

Angela Merkel has praised Horst Koehler for his ... Horst Koehler was the head of the IMF before becoming Germany’s president in 2004 Credit: Getty Images North America But in May the following ...