When Germany’s long-standing chancellor, Angela Merkel, steps down following federal elections later this month, it will mark the end of an era, not only for Germany but also for the European Union.

A series of crime novels now adapted for TV imagines former German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a crime-solving detective. How might a former chancellor of Germany spend her retirement? The series ...

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Angela Merkel receives her guests in the same place she wrote her book: in an apartment in a prewar building in the Mitte district of Berlin. Framed photos hang on the walls, taken by one of her ...

For Germans, Friday's working session between President Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House proved unexpectedly cordial and, at times, odd. The chancellor, who is usually reserved, ...

Could the success of a far-right party in Germany’s local elections be a harbinger of things to come? The Sunday contest was viewed by many as a referendum on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration ...

A summer afternoon at the Reichstag. Soft Berlin light filters down through the great glass dome, past tourists ascending the spiral ramp, and into the main hall of parliament. Half the members’ seats ...

ANGELA MERKEL DOES not often muse publicly about the European project. A physicist by training, she prefers solving concrete problems to holding forth about abstract ideas. A sunny morning in late ...

Angela Merkel celebrates her 65th birthday on Wednesday, but despite speculation about her health she intends to stay chancellor until the end of her current term in 2021. A series of severe shaking ...

Angela Merkel has been written off many times in her career – by the politician’s rivals, her own party members and, yes, the press. It’s difficult to imagine today, as Germany’s widely respected ...

IN JUNE A newly surfaced segment of a German talk show from 1997 set the internet alight. The clip shows Angela Merkel, a fresh-faced environment minister in Helmut Kohl’s government, explaining the ...

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