Angela Merkel appeared to put her country and its economic interests first when it came to buying Russian energy or during the eurozone crisis - when southern EU nations blamed her for squeezing them with austerity measures in order to rescue German banks and businesses.

Angela Merkel has set out to secure her reputation in a 700-page memoir in which the former German chancellor defends her 16 years in office. Critics increasingly believe that her leadership led Germany to chronic underinvestment,

Germany's ex-chancellor Angela Merkel reflected on her 16-year tenure in her memoir Freedom, released Tuesday, confronting criticisms of her policies on Russia and migration, which some argue left Ger