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

Christian Democratic Union will neither enter coalition talks with the AfD nor form a minority government, ex-chairman Armin ...

Germany's former president Horst Koehler, who also once headed the International Monetary Fund and was a strong backer of ...

Germany's former president Horst Koehler, who also once headed the International Monetary Fund and was a strong backer of ...

Favorite to be next German chancellor loses bid to use AfD support to push through immigration law, after days of turmoil ...

Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness and ...

The hardline part has ‘an increasing influence on public opinion’, say analysts, as voters prioritise migration.

When Angela Merkel rose to lead the CDU parliamentary group in 2002 and entered the chancellery in 2005, the much more conservative-minded Merz withdrew and stayed away from politics for years.

He became Germany's head of state, a mostly ceremonial role, after being put forward by then opposition leader Angela Merkel, who went on to become chancellor. Steinmeier said that when he was ...

open image in gallery Angela Rayner was stripped from her role as chair and campaign coordinator after the party suffered a devastating loss in the Hartlepool by-election of May 2021. (PA Archive ...

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