Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Friedrich Merz, her successor as leader of the country’s conservatives, on ...

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

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

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader ...

During an event organised by the magazine "Die Zeit" in Hamburg, Merkel emphasised that it is a "matter of fundamental ...

Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the ...

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke a political taboo by working with the hard-right Alternative for Germany to ...

Germany's former Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply rebuked Christian Democratic ... turning away irregular migrants and asylum seekers at German borders—passed Wednesday with the AfD's support.

The CDU relied on AfD to pass a motion for the controversial bill, breaking a decades-long tradition of excluding the ...