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Once upon a time Germany’s Angela Merkel was feted as “the chancellor of the free world.” Now a growing chorus of critics at home and abroad is chastising the former leader for everything ...

When Angela Merkel met Donald Trump at the White House in 2017, he avoided shaking her hand for photographers – even after she whispered to him that they should. "As soon as I said that ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has been barred from entering Russia along with a long list of Cabinet ministers under new sanctions. Yvette Cooper and Rachel Reeves are among the ministers ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel argued President-elect Trump does not believe in “any win-win situation,” and it makes international collaboration difficult.

In 2013, German writer Carolin Emcke decided to read all of Angela Merkel’s parliamentary addresses as chancellor. She was curious to see how the genre, the so-called Regierungserklärung ...

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 ...

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 ...

The opening chapters of Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021, Angela Merkel’s surprisingly blunt new autobiography, provoke a mild feeling of discomfort. Not because of any previously unknown personal ...

She wrote from Berlin. On page 273 of her memoir, Angela Merkel admits she made a mistake. Ms. Merkel, the former German chancellor who left office in 2021 after 16 years in power, recalls a ...