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

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

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

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its ...

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD. Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to ...

Friedrich Merz broke a political taboo by aligning with the AfD on immigration, winning a symbolic vote but facing backlash ...

BERLIN — Angela Merkel isn’t done ... policy motion to pass in the Bundestag with the backing of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Merkel was leader of the CDU from 2000 to 2018. Speaking ...

The front-runner in Germany's upcoming election said Monday ... from his opponents and a public rebuke from ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel, who once led his own party. Tens of thousands of protesters ...

Ever since the end of World War II, Germany's mainstream political parties have vowed to not work with extremist right-wing ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month ...

What does that mean for Germany’s future? Our guests: Kate Brady (Washington Post); Jörg Lau (Zeit); Ralph Bollmann (Faz) he’s written a biography of Angela Merkel and is editor at the German ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month after her centre-right CDU party sparked uproar by accepting the far ...