HE WAS not amused. Oskar Lafontaine, chairman of Germany's Social Democratic Party drummed his fingers on the table, then twice leaned over with whispers of advice to the speaker on his left answering ...

Oskar Lafontaine, the prominent SPD (Social Democratic Party) leader who five years ago resigned as finance minister in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, launched a media offensive last ...

New documents issued by whistle-blower Wikileaks show that the U.S. National Security Agency has been spying on German officials for more than a decade. World News // 7 years ago German chancellor ...

This new left formation is trying to win back the blue-collar and middle-class voters who have drifted into the far right’s camp. Oskar Lafontaine and Sahra Wagenknecht of Germany’s “Rise Up” ...

BERLIN — One of the most controversial politicians in Germany, Oskar Lafontaine, who turned The Left Party into a national success story, is quitting politics in a move that could lead to a re-mapping ...