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.

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 her center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for using the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to push a hard-line migration ...

Angela Merkel (born Angela Dorothea Kasner on July 17, 1954) was chancellor of Germany from 2005 until 2021. She was the second-longest-serving chancellor in German history, and was the first ...

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 ...

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 ...