But it was a lone voice of dissent that rocked the country’s political scene: Angela Merkel, the once-beloved former chancellor, who called Mr. Merz’s decision simply “wrong.” Ms.

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

05, 2018. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File) German President Horst Koehler, right, hands over the credentials to ...

Eric Trump has also garnered attention from netizens after Elon Musk sparked online debate for his hand gesture that bore similarities to the Roman salute.

As the two frontrunners in Germany’s general election prepare to go head to head in the first televised debate, the former chancellor’s intervention is a sign of the concern within the political ...

BERLIN — Angela Merkel isn’t done. The former German chancellor doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, arguing that his party crossed a red line by ...

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Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, rammed his SUV into a packed market in the town of Magdeburg on Friday night, killing nine-year-old André Gleißner and four women aged 45, 52, 67 and 75.

Angela Merkel served as chancellor of Germany for ... “It was the first time I’d ever held a turbot in my hands and felt its distinctive stone-like bumps.” While recounting her interactions ...

Angela Merkel, the photo seemed to indicate, was the adult in the room. Yet when Merkel’s autobiography, Freedom, landed in late 2024, the reputation of one of modern Europe’s longest-lasting ...

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

Germany's conservative opposition party is set to team up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to tackle migration - prompting anger from former Chancellor Angela Merkel. CDU leader ...