The popularity of most politicians follows a similar course. Some grow to be palatable enough to win an election and then fall increasingly out of favour before eventually being booted out.

Germany's presumptive next leader Friedrich Merz has an "absolute will to power," former chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. Merkel's comments came one day after her centre-right party, the ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has paid tribute to the late pope Francis as "a true friend of the people." "His voice ...

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 ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel was still one of the ... said two major things have shifted the landscape in Germany since Merkel retired: the war in Ukraine and "the collapse of the ...

Bertrand Benoit is the Germany bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal.

World / Is the country’s latest grand coalition a shaky marriage of convenience—or “democracy’s last bullet”? Linda Mannheim ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Israel of Germany's "Holocaust shame," and asserted its support for the Jewish state during an unprecedented speech to the Knesset on Tuesday. Germany and Israel ...

Angela Merkel has defended her 2015 selfie with a Syrian refugee after opening Germany’s borders, as she insisted she had no regrets about her response to the migration crisis.

Angela Merkel wrote a 736-page memoir to secure her ... Formerly celebrated in some quarters for opening Germany’s doors to asylum seekers who began flooding Europe’s borders in 2015, Merkel ...