Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called on Europe to stand up to President Trump on tariffs and said Vice ...

Here’s a look at the life of Angela Merkel, former chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1954 Birth place: Hamburg, Germany Birth name: Angela Dorothea Kasner Father: Horst Kasner, a ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized ... now led by current Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merkel met former refugees for a documentary marking the 10th anniversary of her landmark ...

After years of sputtering and frustration, the Franco-German engine – the most powerful force within Europe – is humming ...

As leader of the opposition, Friedrich Merz took a clear stance on foreign policy. But now as Germany’s chancellor, it is becoming clear that he will have to make compromises.

Upon assuming the chancellorship of Germany in 2005, Merkel made history not only as the first female leader of the federal republic but also as the first Ossi, as those of East German origin are ...

In East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Merkel explains that women were urgently needed in the workforce because of the inefficiency of the economy but that, nonetheless, women ...

After a childhood behind the Iron Curtain, Angela Merkel served as Chancellor of a united Germany for 16 years, becoming the most powerful woman in the world while dealing with its most powerful ...

Merkel’s account of growing up in the former East Germany is written in spare, matter-of-fact style. She recounts stories of her brother being reported to his teacher for telling a joke about the head ...

Premiering at Telluride, “Merkel,” Eva Weber’s documentary on former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, seems like a star-studded fête featuring many world leaders and dignitaries, such ...

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Follow Merkel's meteoric rise from pastor's daughter to Time Person of the Year. As a young woman emerging from East Germany, she ...

Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the retirement of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her political rise and significance to post-unification Germany, and what to expect of the new coalition government.