Tucking into beer and pretzels, the frontrunner to become Germany's next chancellor, conservative millionaire Friedrich Merz, ...

The former German chancellor governed in turbulent times: the financial crisis, Russian aggression in Ukraine, Covid and beyond.

The frontrunner to become chancellor has bold plans for economic reform, but a flirtation with the far right has hurt his ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her opposition centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for ...

The former chancellor can’t stand the America First policies that clash with her fellow travelers in international ...

Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to work with the AfD. Merkel noted that party leader Friedrich Merz had said in November that no measures should be passed ...

Angela Merkel has taken aim at the party she once led following the rising popularity and influence of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). The former German Chancellor slammed the ...

BERLIN — She just couldn’t stay silent. Angela Merkel — three years after stepping down as chancellor — lit a fire under Germany’s election campaign by choosing now to finally speak up. And it was to ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control ...