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

Conservative leader’s gambit to weaken the postwar ‘firewall’ may be a boon for the AfD ahead of a national election.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

In a dramatic swing to the right, Friedrich Merz’s CDU is proposing Germany breaches EU law by closing its borders to ...