The debt brake was this limit on government debt and deficits that was introduced in the first Merkel grand coalition, in ...

As Germany continues to debate what it means to be German, the outcome of the current coalition negotiations will determine whether Merkel's next government confronts these challenges effectively. If ...

Germany’s politicians have a short list of New Year’s resolutions: to make considerable improvement across the board. As the ...

Newly appointed German chancellor Angela Merkel takes the oath ... the Alternative for Germany into a going political concern. Throughout her memoirs, Merkel draws on the experience of German ...

Despite being one of the most powerful women in global politics, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s feminism has ...

Friedrich Merz is likely to be the next chancellor of Germany. But the CDU leader will usher in a generational shift, moving ...

The main thing standing in the way of Germany rebuilding its nuclear sector is a stubborn insistence that it can’t be done.

who was 73 years old when he was sworn in as the first chancellor of West Germany in 1949. Merz has had two political lives: One before Angela Merkel came to power as chancellor in 2005 and the ...

These pejoratives condemn former German Christian Democratic Union Chancellor Angela Merkel’s overweight ... and trained as a scientist, Merkel drifted into politics less because of deep ...

Voters around the world are choosing a rougher cut of leader to champion them into the second quarter of the 21st century.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s memoir’ Freedom timed its release well. Launched in 30 languages in November, it ...