German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that the decision not to run for office again in 2021 has allowed her to focus on tackling the coronavirus pandemic and other ...

ANGELA MERKEL once said she wanted to leave politics before she became a “half-dead wreck”. On December 8th the 67-year-old German chancellor will make good on her pledge, stepping down after ...

Whatever her accomplishments as pathbreaking female politician and respected leader of Europe’s dominant economic power, Angela Merkel will go down in history for her outburst of naivete over ...

It’s a lesson many politicians – mostly male – have learned the hard way over the past 15 years: Never underestimate Angela Merkel.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending plans to allow some Germans to retire on full pensions at 63 and insisting they won't stop her advocating painful reforms in other countries.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has recalled her impression of Donald Trump during his first term in the White House, saying the new American president-elect showed a “fascination with ...

A popular book and TV series in Europe imagines the straight-laced former German chancellor Angela Merkel solving crimes in her retirement. We unpack the premise's popularity. And an American has ...

BERLIN — Angela Merkel, who led Germany for sixteen years, said that her diminished political power in the run up to her retirement prevented her from setting up diplomatic talks aimed at ...

The new book by former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany also aims to justify decisions she made that are still affecting her country and the rest of Europe.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she feels 'sorrow' at Trump's return and recalls meeting with Donald Trump was “a competition: you or me.” ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she had no regrets about the course her government took with its energy policy and Russia during her time in power, which critics say left ...