Hans-Dietrich Genscher, who was German Foreign Mnister in 1974-1992 and played a pivotal role in

BERLIN( Reuters)-Germany will not lurch to the left with a ruling coalition that includes the liberal Free Democrats( FDP), party chief Christian Lindner said on Thursday ahead of a Sept.... 26 national election after which he aims to play kingmaker in coalition negotiations. Opinion polls indicate that no two parties will command a comfortable majority after the vote, offering the FDP the chance to wield outsized influence in the era following Angela Merkel's exit after 16 years in power. Poll

The unified Germany turned into Europe’s geographical center, and several years later, its economic center. The provincial Bonn Republic became Europe’s future leading political power.