It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his party twice. He left politics altogether for two decades ...

It nonetheless has the air of revenge for Merz. Revenge against his eternal rival, Angela Merkel, who repeatedly hindered his political rise before returning to haunt his campaign with public ...

Germany is poised to go back to the future, with final polls indicating Sunday’s federal election will return the country to another grand coalition echoing the era of Angela Merkel. Merkel’s ...

is a conservative businessman who has never been a minister and was forced out of government years ago in a power struggle with Angela Merkel. The leader of the center-right Christian Democratic ...

And while British and U.S. lawmakers were caught up in the culture wars, German politicians continued to practice the art of compromise ... record was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 2011 decision ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined thousands who marched to condemn the terrorist attacks in Paris, promote tolerance and send a rebuke to a growing anti-Islamic movement today. The chancellor ...

Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks at a press conference at the CDU ...

1. He’s taking his party further to the right The first thing you need to know about Merz is that he and former chancellor Angela Merkel were longstanding rivals and sparring partners.

When Angela Merkel rose to lead the CDU parliamentary group in 2002 and entered the Chancellery in 2005, the much more conservative-minded Merz withdrew and stayed away from politics for years.

Leadership styles in the European Council : how leaders behave behind closed doors «Using the example of Werner Faymann, Dalia Grybauskaité, Angela Merkel, Viktor Orbán and Mark Rutte, the book ...