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

The top job has been late in coming for Merz, a lawyer by profession, who saw his ascent derailed by former Chancellor Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and even turned his back on active politics for ...

It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his party twice. He left politics altogether for two decades ...

Watch the trailer for 'Merkel,' a documentary about Germany's historic chancellor, Angela Merkel, who ruled for 16 years.

Angela King is the local host of Morning Edition. She’s been a part of the northwest news scene since the early 1990s. A proud University of Washington alumna, with degrees in Broadcast ...

Paul Hockenos is a journalist and author based in Berlin. His most recent book is “Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, ...

Germany’s parliamentary polls yielded results on expected lines on Monday (February 25). The Conservative Democratic Union party and their Bavarian counterpart Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) have ...

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 ...

Greg lives in Indiana with his wife and two children. A growing number of banks are offering early direct deposit as a feature on their checking accounts. What that means for you is that ...

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 ...