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

The centre-right CDU has been accused of breaking 'taboo' by putting forward a motion to the Bundestag for a stricter ...

WSJ Berlin Deputy Bureau Chief Marcus Walker reports German Prime Minister Angela Merkel's securing of votes to expand the ...

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

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 ...

Despite opposition from the Social Democrats and the Greens, Merz thought he had enough support to pass the bill. His CDU/CSU bloc, along with the AfD, the liberal Free Democrats and the far-left BSW ...

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

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

Politicians from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) criticized former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her comments on ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

Germany’s parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration that could ...