Suddenly, Germany was flush with money.  Seven months in, however, Merz’s government has still been unable to chart a course for economic reform and persuade voters that better days lie ahead. Merz’s ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected accusations that she partially held Poland and the Baltic states responsible for the outbreak of Russia’s war on Ukraine. “You have to call it fake ...

In the summer of 2015, there was a surge in the number of people from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, seeking asylum in Europe. Social Democrat politician Aydan Özoğuz was Angela Merkel's minister of ...

German police have detained a 49-year-old man accused of asking for donations of cryptocurrency to pay for the assassinations of prominent politicians, prosecutors ...

Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim That Venezuela Stole Oil and Land from the U.S. The former German chancellor’s call to action reshaped Europe’s politics, and the crisis remains unresolved ten years later.

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, ...

Voter base: The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its regional Bavarian "sister party,", the Christian Social Union (CSU), are popular with people over the age of 60, churchgoers, and ...

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 ...

Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) speaks at a press conference at the CDU headquarters. Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday criticized her ...

Tunku Varadarajan lauds former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her “stability and prudence” and “cautious solidity and centrist pragmatism” (“Memoirs From Mutti,” Bookshelf, Jan. 21). Yet her ...