In accepting her party’s nomination for a fourth term in office, German chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a speech that took aim at conservative critics of her liberal asylum policies, yet also ...

BERLIN — The center-left Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in Germany's national election. They narrowly beat outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Union bloc in a ...

Three weeks before elections, Angela Merkel appeared to powering ahead Monday to a possible fourth term as chancellor of Germany, after her rival Martin Schulz failed to halt her advance in a crucial ...

Fresh elections in Germany appeared increasingly likely Monday evening after Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she preferred a new vote over governing without a parliamentary majority.

Germans were voting Sunday to elect members who will form the country's 17th Bundestag -- the federal parliament. Two candidates -- incumbent chancellor, Angela Merkel and her vice-chancellor and ...

BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel took a step closer to political retirement Tuesday after receiving her formal dismissal certificate from the post of chancellor after 16 years in office, though she will ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a picture of her and Friedrich Merz as she speaks during her appearance as a guest on Deutschlandfunk's live radio show "Studio 9" at the Humboldt Forum.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's conservative Christian Democrats will focus their TV advertising campaign on Chancellor Angela Merkel while the opposition Social Democrats put ordinary people in their ...