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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for European unity in the face of current political challenges, ...

Having led his party, the Christian Democrats, to first place in Germany’s election last month, Mr. Merz swiftly assumed the ...

Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government ...

EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a previous chancellor – Angela Merkel. The former head of the Christian Democratic ...

Will we return to the past as he moves into the chancellery and seeks to undo Angela Merkel's “welcome culture”? According to Merz, it was a breach of law that the former chancellor let in a million ...

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Angela Merkel visited the Austrian capital on Monday evening. The former chancellor promoted her memoirs in Vienna and defended her Ukraine and refugee policies without self-criticism. She ...

Merkel enjoyed an improbable rise from East German chemistry researcher to her reunited country’s first female chancellor. For a time, she was the world’s most respected head of state, at the center of ...

Merz expressed concern over changing relations with Washington under the Trump administration, emphasizing the need for gradual independence from the U.S.