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

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

Composed in her trademark calm delivery, but infused with little to capture the reader’s curiosity, Angela Merkel’s ...

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

Angela Merkel has praised Horst Koehler for his ... in Germany’s monetary unification in 1990 – when the former East Germany adopted the West German mark. He also helped prepare for the ...

Concerns about Holocaust trivialization and nationalist policies underscore the growing anxiety over the influence of the far ...

The former German chancellor governed in turbulent times: the financial crisis, Russian aggression in Ukraine, Covid and beyond.

Angela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany for ... of this unflashy pastor’s daughter who was raised in communist East Germany. Her cautious solidity and centrist pragmatism made, inevitably ...

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

Angela Merkel is coming to George ... along with several of her experiences as leader of Germany from 2005 through 2021. One moment Merkel detailed was when former President Bush raised eyebrows ...