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

In her book, the former German chancellor stubbornly defends decisions that have become increasingly unpopular, alienating ...

Newly appointed German chancellor Angela Merkel takes the oath of office in Berlin on Nov. 22, 2005. (Jockel Finck/AP) If this is an accurate recounting of her personal feelings at the time ...

Angela Merkel hired no fewer than eight English language translators to work on the German text of her new autobiography, Freedom, which is astonishing when one considers how little of substance she ...

Angela Merkel wrote a 736-page memoir to secure her ... that any of the policies of her four-term chancellorship, from 2005 to 2021, might have been misguided. “Much pride, little self ...

Angela Merkel hired no fewer than eight English ... Upon assuming the chancellorship of Germany in 2005, Merkel made history not only as the first female leader of the federal republic but also ...

The debt brake was this limit on government debt and deficits that was introduced in the first Merkel grand coalition, in ...

Angela Merkel, federal chancellor and head of the German government from 2005 to 2021, was canny enough to adhere to it in full measure. The dullness of her political utterances is faithfully ...

The February vote looks likely to result in another grand coalition – yet much of the country’s inertia is structural.

Merz has had two political lives: One before Angela Merkel came to power as chancellor in 2005 and the second after she exited in 2021. He withdrew from politics after Merkel's initial election as ...