If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD.

As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the ...

The German political scene was already febrile because ... Enter – or rather, re-enter – former chancellor Angela Merkel. In the years following her retirement from politics (before the ...

Former chancellor’s intervention exposes deep rift within country’s conservatives over how to handle the far right’s rising ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

The opinion of German citizens about ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel has deteriorated markedly since the end of her reign, ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued another platitude, calling for Russia's victory in the Ukrainian conflict to be ...

Merkel's statement was a rare intervention from the former German leader, who has kept a low profile since leaving office. 'Merz made a mistake': DW political editor DW political editor Michaela ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Friedrich ... In a rare intervention into domestic politics, Merkel accused Merz of going back on a vow he made in November ...