Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, ...

Starting a special operation on In Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin not only violated international law, but also ...

Germany's ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel backed her record on refugees, Russia, and the economy as she presented her new memoir in Berlin. Critics have said that the 700-page tome is light on new ...

With political and economic leaders increasingly involved in strategic decisions, the debate over European military ...

EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a previous chancellor – Angela Merkel. The former head of the Christian Democratic ...

The top job has been late in coming for Merz, a lawyer by profession, who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela ...

Losing the fight to control the Christian Democratic Union in 2002 to future Chancellor Angela Merkel and forced to retire from politics a few years later, Merz is now the frontrunner to lead the ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Enter – or rather, re-enter – former chancellor Angela Merkel. In the years following her retirement from politics (before the 2021 election that brought Scholz and his centre-left coalition ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated conservative leader Friedrich Merz on his victory in Sunday's parliamentary election. A spokeswoman for Merkel told the Funke media group on ...