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.

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Germany's former president Horst Koehler ... after being put forward by then opposition leader Angela Merkel, who went on to become chancellor. He was elected for a second term in 2009 but ...

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 ...

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier led tributes to Koehler, saying that Germany had "lost a highly ... put forward by then opposition leader Angela Merkel, who went on to become chancellor.

BERLIN (AP) — Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before ... government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose choice he was ...