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

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the ...

Without the migration policies since 2015, the AfD wouldn’t be anywhere near this strong,” says Vienna’s former conservative ...

Friedrich Merz, head of the centre-right CDU, relied on support from AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration.

Composed in her trademark calm delivery, but infused with little to capture the reader’s curiosity, Angela Merkel’s ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her opposition centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for ...

Once little-known among his fellow Germans, Mr Kohler became a popular head of state, often positioning himself as an outsider to the ...

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.

Germany’s first female chancellor served for 16 years from 2005 to 2021 Reviewed by Samantha Silberstein Angela Merkel (born ...

Before Angela Merkel became chancellor in 2005, there had only been one grand coalition in the history of the Federal Republic. But since then, they have become the norm – Merkel led a grand coalition ...

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD. Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not to ...