Political turmoil in Germany and France has also robbed the bloc of a prominent national leader who is respected by peers and can shape the region’s agenda as Scholz’s predecessor Angela Merkel once ...

not to say ignorant of postwar Germany and its development towards democratic leadership of Europe, especially under Angela Merkel (albeit with more recent extremist encroachments). Holman seems ...

Like his empathy, his preconceptions and prejudices are excessive, not to say ignorant of postwar Germany and its development towards democratic leadership of Europe, especially under Angela Merkel ...

But it was a lone voice of dissent that rocked the country’s political scene: Angela Merkel, the once-beloved former chancellor, who called Mr. Merz’s decision simply “wrong.” Ms. Merkel ...

Angela Merkel, the photo seemed to indicate, was the adult in the room. Yet when Merkel’s autobiography, Freedom, landed in late 2024, the reputation of one of modern Europe’s longest-lasting ...

BERLIN — Angela Merkel isn’t done ... However, she rejected the idea that her leadership was primarily to blame. “When I left office, the AfD was at 11 percent,” Merkel said. “Their polling above 20 ...

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 ...

Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...

BERLIN ― Friedrich Merz, the candidate leading the race to become Germany’s next chancellor, is all but running against his conservative predecessor: Angela Merkel. At a campaign ... the right since ...

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 ...