Barack Obama seems to be “at peace with himself,” mused a wistful Angela Merkel a few months after retiring as German chancellor in 2021. But: “I’m still searching.” In the interview with Der Spiegel, ...

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 changes course! The new government under Olaf Scholz aims to tighten border controls and move away from Angela Merkel ...

Angela Merkel will leave office later this year as one of modern Germany's longest-serving leaders and as a global diplomatic heavyweight. Her legacy has been defined by her management of a succession ...

Angela Merkel wrote a 736-page memoir to secure her crumbling legacy. The effort is backfiring. Her new book, “Freedom”—published in late November in nearly 30 languages—is riling up even some of her ...

The reckless, arrogant and narcissistic decision by Angela Merkel, Germany’s second-worst chancellor, to throw open her country’s doors in 2015 was one of the series of acts that led The Economist to ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel gives a spirited defence of her 16 years at the helm of Europe's top economy in her memoir "Freedom", released in 30 languages on Tuesday. Since she stepped ...

During the former German chancellor’s long tenure, she made a series of landmark decisions that ultimately rendered Europe less safe from threats both foreign and domestic. But judging by her ...