As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily ...

Polls show conservative leader Friedrich Merz’s Union leading ahead of the Feb. 23 election with around 30% support, while ...

Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws ...

BERLIN - Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Friedrich Merz, for ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the latest figure to offer ample compliments to a president known for his transactional, if not unpredictable, approach to foreign policy.

BERLIN - Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country's ...

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

Angela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany for ... And even though she governed in what were turbulent times—the 2008-09 financial crisis, the Arab Spring, Muslim migrants flooding Europe ...

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 ...

FILE -Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a reception of the North Rhine-Westphalian Christian Democratic Union, CDU, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Jan. 18, 2025 ...