But now, according to US and German sources, Obama came with an urgent agenda: Convince Merkel to run for re-election when Germans head to the polls on September 24. Over the course of three hours ...

Merkel’s view of a new German trajectory is not entirely predicated on her well-known antagonism to the boisterous Trump presidency, given that she still simmers over the Obama-approved ...

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 ...

The latter was initially opposed by Merkel, but she changed her mind in a typical piece of what German pundits call “asymmetric demobilisation”, says Jan-Werner Müller in The Guardian.

But now, according to US and German sources, Obama came with an urgent agenda: Convince Merkel to run for re-election when Germans head to the polls on September 24. Over the course of three hours ...