Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month after her centre-right CDU party sparked uproar by accepting the far ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor ... 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on Thursday for pushing through a bill on tighter immigration control ...

Berlin (AFP) – Germany's ex-chancellor Angela Merkel weighed in Thursday on a controversy flaring ahead of February elections, slamming her party successor for relying on far-right support on ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled down on her criticism of Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, leader ...

Berlin (AFP) – Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians ... turmoil," she said in a live interview with the Die Zeit newspaper. "I think that has occupied every ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians ... "There is a degree of polarisation (and) turmoil," she said in a live interview with the Die Zeit newspaper.