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

Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

Even though the Alternative for Germany is highly unlikely to take a share of power soon, it has become a factor that other ...

BERLIN (AP) — Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...

Extremely popular’ head of state and IMF boss was ‘virtually unknown’ before achieving ‘great things’ for Germany, says ...

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

Germany's former president Horst Koehler, who served as head of state from 2004 to 2010, died on Saturday aged 81 after a ...

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

BERLIN — Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the country by resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about ...