Former German leader Angela Merkel has reiterated her criticism of chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz after he relied on votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) to pass a motion ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month after her centre-right CDU party sparked uproar by accepting the far ...

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, ...

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

Parisian theaters such as Théâtre Hébertot, Théâtre de la Bruyère and Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin welcome back acclaimed ...

Britain can’t cope, that was the response of Nigel Farage to last week’s disclosure by the Office for National Statistics ...

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 ...

Horst Kohler, a former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who became a popular German president, has died aged 81.

Once little-known among his fellow Germans, Mr Kohler became a popular head of state, often positioning himself as an ...