This gripping story follows her meteoric rise and the dramatic turn that forced her to step back.

"She gave courage to many, including me": Angela Merkel pays tribute to Rita Süssmuth. The politician, who died at the age of ...

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Angela Merkel sought advice from the pope on dealing with Donald Trump when he was first elected U.S. president, hoping to find ways of convincing a man she saw as having a ...

Sunday marked 10 years since then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel used the phrase "Wir schaffen das", or "we can do it", as the country opened its doors and welcomed over a million refugees. A decade ...

The reckless, arrogant and narcissistic decision by Angela Merkel, Germany’s second-worst chancellor, to throw open her country’s doors in 2015 was one of the series of acts that led The Economist to ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called on Europe to stand up to President Trump on tariffs and said Vice President Vance’s views on “freedom” represented a threat to democracy, ...

June 26, 2009 – Makes first visit to the United States under President Barack Obama’s administration. September 27, 2009 – Is reelected chancellor of Germany. February 15, 2011 – Receives the ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy voters have soured on. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Berlin A chorus of ...

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 with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks at a press conference at the CDU headquarters.

BERLIN – Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country's center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany's election next month, for ...

Angela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany for four consecutive four-year terms, from 2005 to 2021. Only Helmut Kohl had a longer stint at the helm of a democratic Deutschland—and he was in power ...