Monika Grütters, who served as Germany's culture minister under Angela Merkel, is to be awarded the country's Cultural Policy ...

World Angela Merkel to step down as party leader by end of year, to leave German chancellor job after 2021 Merkel's CDU bled support in Hesse election Sunday, as was the case recently in Bavaria ...

At the federal election in 2021, I will not stand,” she added. The move sets in motion the process for the CDU to settle on and groom Merkel’s successor.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told leaders of the Christian Democrat Union that she will not seek re-election after her current term ends in 2021.

A flag of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party, CDU, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, waves in the wind on top of the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, March 14, 2021.

Angela Merkel’s time as chancellor of Germany is coming to a close, leaving the legacy of a strong-willed but enigmatic politician with a poker face and calm exterior that critics and advocates ...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth receives the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel during an audience at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, Friday, July 2, 2021. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP) ...

Lawmakers applaud acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center on top, in the German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021.

When Angela Merkel stepped down in December 2021 after four terms in office, many Germans wondered how on earth they would cope without her.

Boris Johnson (R) greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) as leaders arrive to attend the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 1, 2021 ...

Freedom. Memoirs 1954-2021 by Angela Merkel: A disappointing, dreary dud All tell, little show, this memoir is strong on what happened but less so on why - and it gets worse as it continues. Expand ...