In the next election, in 1990, Merkel stood for election for the Christian Democratic Union ... Angela Merkel was elected leader of Germany in 2005 and held that position until she retired in 2021.

Klöckner also decided that queer members of the Bundestag administration were not to attend the CSD parade in an official ...

The anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been gaining ground in the polls in recent months and is now in second place ahead of Germany’s federal election scheduled for Feb. 23. That ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy voters have soured on. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Berlin A chorus ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized ... now led by current Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merkel met former refugees for a documentary marking the 10th anniversary of her landmark ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized her center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for using the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to push a hard-line migration ...

Germany's Bundestag lower house passed a bill on Friday to suspend family reunification for migrants who do not qualify for ...

Germany's minimum wage is set to be raised from €12.82 ($15.01) per hour to €14.60 by 2027 in two steps, a special commission ...

After years of sputtering and frustration, the Franco-German engine – the most powerful force within Europe – is humming ...

Lawmakers have voted to suspend family reunification rights for refugees who do not hold full asylum status. Meanwhile, as ...

Germany and Brazil signed a treaty on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy. Despite Germany's nuclear phase out, it ...

Germany's minimum wage is set to be raised from €12.82 ($15.01) per hour to €14.60 by 2027 in two steps, a special commission ...