Friedrich Merz and his conservatives view Angela Merkel’s legacy as a liability in their battle with the far right.

It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming ...

Ahead of Germany's February election, opposition leader Friedrich Merz advocates stringent border controls and faster ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House has darkened the mood in Germany a month before elections, as multiple crises shake ...

German voters head to the polls in a winter election next month, but likely will not have a new government until well into the spring.

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

Trump’s incoming administration could create certain risks for Germany, including putting more pressure on its weak economy.

US billionaire Elon Musk, a close adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, again voiced his full-throated endorsement of ...

Newly appointed German chancellor Angela Merkel takes the oath of ... And the poor Lebanese girl whose tears helped move Merkel to open Germany’s borders? Days later she told a German newspaper ...

Germany is considered one of the United States’ closest allies in Western Europe, partnering on everything from economic ...

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 ...