Bojan Pancevski is The Wall Street Journal’s chief European political correspondent, covering European and global affairs. He ...

The popularity of most politicians follows a similar course. Some grow to be palatable enough to win an election and then fall increasingly out of favour before eventually being booted out.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized her center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) for using the support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to push a hard-line migration ...

Germany's presumptive next leader Friedrich Merz has an "absolute will to power," former chancellor Angela Merkel said ... for February's parliamentary elections, Merkel reportedly texted Merz ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel ... co-written by Merkel and her longtime political adviser Beate Baumann, will be published in 30 languages on Tuesday just as Germany grapples with a ...

Angela Merkel has defended her 2015 selfie with ... to reform the debt brake is set to be a major issue in Germany ahead of elections in February. Mrs Merkel also provided some insight in the ...

Friedrich Merz is on course to become Germany's 10th post-World War II chancellor, the culmination of a long political career that was once sidelined by his party’s iconic leader, Angela Merkel ...