If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Sidelined by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s, Friedrich Merz left politics for 20 years until she announced her retirement in 2018.

hands over the credentials to re-elected German chancellor Angela Merkel during a ceremony at the president’s residence ...

The German political scene was already febrile ... Enter – or rather, re-enter – former chancellor Angela Merkel. In the years following her retirement from politics (before the 2021 election ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel takes part in a talk hosted by German newspaper Die Zeit at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theatre in Hamburg, northern Germany on February 5, 2025.

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Jerusalem, October 10, 2021. (credit: YOAV DAVIDKOVITZ / POOL) Only three and a half weeks before the general election, Merz broke a gentleman’s ...

BERLIN — Angela Merkel isn’t done. The former German chancellor doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, arguing that his party crossed a red line by ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel takes part in a talk hosted by German newspaper Die Zeit at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theatre in Hamburg, northern Germany on February 5, 2025.