Angela Merkel was the longest-serving chancellor of ... what lines could not be crossed was an important skill, even for a child. "My pragmatic approach helped me" in that regard, she says.

I first encountered Angela Merkel when I was the Eastern ... Her father was a clergyman in the East German provinces and Merkel was a serious child. She stood out at arithmetic, winning a medal ...

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