Friedrich Merz, the conservative front runner, couldn't be more different from his predecessor, Angela Merkel.

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Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as ...

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country's center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany's election next month, ...

This is unacceptable,” gasped Germany’s Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius, a Social Democrat. He is right to be nervous. In ...

Angela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany for ... Ms. Merkel has an unerring eye for the humdrum. As a “rustic child” in Brandenburg she “thought nothing of eating unwashed carrots ...

Germany heads to the polls this week facing a challenge for power from the far-right. In the run-up to the historic vote, ...

The German problem is back with a vengeance. Only this time the problem is not Hitler’s monstrous war machine, but the Pied ...

Trump’s disruption threatens Western unity, leaving Europe adrift as U.S. leadership wanes and alliances fracture in ...

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public ... to enable with open eyes for the first time a majority with votes from AfD in a vote in the German ...