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Angela Merkel
Read the latest news, analysis, and features on former German chancellor and CDU politician Angela Merkel, who led Germany from 2005 to 2021
Joe O’Byrne: ‘We’re having the reactivation of the type of politics that we saw in the early 1930s’
His debut novel, The Red Orchestra in Blue, about two real-life heroes of Nazi Germany, contains warnings about ‘the perils of where we’re heading’
Trump’s slapdown diplomacy reduces Oval Office meetings to spectator sport
Events are undermining America’s influence in the world, warn foreign policy experts
Nord Stream saga shows German leaders’ magical thinking and economical approach to the truth
German media investigation raises questions about Angela Merkel’s role in Nord Stream 2 project
Why has the German economy gone from Europe’s engine to its anchor?
Miscalculations on security, exports and energy have created a storm in Europe’s largest economy
Europe Day marks 75 years of integration and crisis management
Many national capitals are quietly happy that the EU’s executive arm is in charge of the bloc’s response to Trump’s tariffs
Profile: Friedrich Merz known for impulsive shifts and rhetorical sharpshooting
Ex-chancellor Angela Merkel has announced she will attend Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony in Berlin
Burning question for Europe now is how to deal with an elected American tyrant
Donald Trump’s presidency has also generated a new focus on questions of identity and doubt in Europe
Overheard chat on the train showed me the secret behind far-right AfD’s growth in Germany
The German party’s secret weapon is its self-radicalising multipliers
Victory of Friedrich Merz’s party brings bleak prospect of headaches and endless to-do lists
Uncertain outlook in Berlin as man who is likely to be next chancellor has to convince sceptical voters he can deliver change
By flirting with the far right, Europe’s centre-right parties play a dangerous game
Worldview: History suggests that such pacts with the devil end badly
Eerie silence in Bundestag as far-right AfD sees chink of light
Opposition accepts AfD support for hot-button migration proposal
‘They are stupid people for stupid times’: Cate Blanchett on presidents, prime ministers and power
The Oscar-winner plays a scheming German chancellor in Rumours, Guy Maddin’s raucous, phantasmagorical comedy about the G7
Pressure builds for Germany to drop ‘debt brake’
Brake back in spotlight after Angela Merkel came out in favour of reforming the spending rule
Old habits die hard as Angela Merkel keeps tight hold on information in memoir
Reluctance to elaborate on the personal and political was key to the chancellor’s political longevity. It is a trait she struggles to escape in her book Freedom
Olaf Scholz wins SPD candidacy battle but may yet lose election war
Defence minister Boris Pistorious looks set to become the party’s most influential figure
Angela Merkel saw Donald Trump as spellbound by autocratic leaders
In her new memoir the German former chancellor writes that Trump seemed to find Vladimir Putin ‘very fascinating’
Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai: A paean to depth and meaning amid violence and death
The novel’s protagonist, Florian Herscht, writes and rewrites a letter to Angela Merkel about what he believes to be an existential threat to the world
An intervention from Germany’s opposition could prove important to the EU’s approach to migration
The party is calling for a temporary closure of the country’s borders to asylum claimants
As French bond rates near Greece, Macron is indebted to an old foe that things are not worse
France now finds itself the sick child of Europe, so what would the French president give for a François Hollande figure to step forward?
Angela Merkel thwarted Friedrich Merz’s ambition to succeed her. Now they have buried the hatchet
Man who finally became CDU leader in 2022 hosts event to belatedly mark Merkel’s 70th birthday
Italian bank UniCredit’s bid for German stalwart Commerzbank provokes outrage
However, State sold shares accumulated during 2008-2010 banking crisis to bidder in auction
Friedrich Merz to compete against Olaf Scholz for chancellery in 2025
Centre-right opposition leader gets CDU and CSU backing in shift towards tougher line on migration
Germany’s next chancellor? Where did it all go right for Friedrich Merz?
Germany is gearing up for elections in 2025, and the CDU leader plans to come out on top
Series of shocks leaves Germany struggling to redefine itself in a moral maze
Many questions linger as Germany marks the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law - das Grundgesetz - signed on May 23rd, 1949
German politicians were ‘utterly wrong’ about Russia - Wolfgang Schäuble
The memoir of the finance minister who oversaw Germany’s response to the eurozone debt crisis has been published posthumously
Confident predictions about upcoming elections are worthless
The choice confronting voters will be whether the attraction of change outweighs the stability and general prosperity offered by the Government parties
Wolfgang Schäuble, long-serving German politician, dies aged 81
Angela Merkel’s finance minister pulled the strings of Germany’s response to eurozone debt crisis
‘Say hello to your leprechauns’: Leo Varadkar targeted by Russian pranksters
Russian embassy denies involvement in hoax video call
Germany’s obsession with debt threatens to paralyse its economy
Constitutional court ruling leaves the country’s federal budget in disarray and threatens investment in climate transition projects, rail system upgrades and Intel factory
Germany’s struggles to balance freedom of expression rights with moral obligation to Israel
Berlin Letter: The conflict in Gaza has led both to a rise in anti-Semitism and accusations of excessive crackdowns on expressions of support for Palestine
How attitudes to Israel are shifting – and hardening – in the wider German population
Merkel suggested Israel’s security was Germany’s Staatsräson (raison d’etre) but how far, and how unconditional, is that support in these challenging times?
Germany’s Friedrich Merz talks tough amid far-right surge
How the country's main opposition leader tackles the increasingly popular Alternative für Deutschland will go a long way to determining whether he gets an opportunity to become chancellor
Lara Marlowe: Can Ukraine join Nato before the war ends?
Ukraine’s wish to join the alliance is at the top of the agenda at the Nato summit in Vilnius next week, but there’s no clear consensus on how Nato should respond
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