Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...

Former German leader reiterates swipe at chancellor candidate from her own Christian Democratic Union ahead of Feb. 23 ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

An ultimately failed tightening of German asylum policy with the help of the votes of the right-wing populist Alternative for ...

As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...

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

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

"After last week's events in the Bundestag, the democratic parties have become polarised," observed Merkel, as quoted by the ...

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

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

It was perhaps the most dramatic week for German politics in decades as the Bundestag on Friday held three nail-biting votes ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...