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 ...

As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...

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

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

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

Angela Merkel (center) was considered Merz's (left ... any authority over their children, who he described as "little pashas." This attracted much controversy at the time, though now you don ...

He declared that Germany faced "giant challenges" and that "our future and the future of our children is at stake ... to re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel during a ceremony at the ...

He occasionally refused to sign bills into law due to constitutional concerns and didn’t always make himself popular with the government of Chancellor Angela ... children is at stake.” Merkel ...