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 ...

The former chancellor can’t stand the America First policies that clash with her fellow travelers in international institutions.

Enter – or rather, re-enter – former chancellor Angela Merkel ... left coalition into government), Merkel withdrew almost entirely from public life – in part, as she explained, for the ...

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 ...

Angela Merkel hired no fewer than eight English ... The early section of Freedom, about the first half of Merkel’s life in the GDR, offers a few clues as to her nascent political orientation.

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 ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

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 ...

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 ...