The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far-right has hurt his ...

What the latest vote in the Bundestag – on tightening immigration controls – portends for the federal elections on Feb. 23.

The opinion of German citizens about ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel has deteriorated markedly since the end of her reign, ...

In trying to avoid the mistakes of the past, Germany’s liberal politicians are pushing their country right back toward them. One of the most pointless cliches holds that “those who do not learn from ...

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

The front-runner in Germany’s upcoming election says the far-right Alternative for Germany is his “most important opponent” ...

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

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

Former German President Horst Koehler, who served as the IMF Managing Director from 2000 to 2004, and as president from 2004 ...

Merz, now 69, represents a sharp rightward turn from Merkel’s centrist legacy. His campaign motto is “A Germany we can be ...

Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing ...