Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 With a new government now in place, the legendary German chancellor has left the political arena. Fabrizio Bensch via Reuters Germany’s first female leader, ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for greater commitment to democracy during an event with young people. She ...

Angela Merkel has said her “heart is bleeding” after the Alternative for Germany (AfD) state election victory in Saxony-Anhalt.

The arrival of Merz, a western politician not armed with a vast array of communication skills, together with struggles of the wider German economy — like the symbolic hit of massive projected job ...

German political heavyweight Angela Merkel avoided discussing her party’s latest election defeats on Monday, instead backing the Christian Democratic Union to return to its identity as a broad-based ...

Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel returned to the spotlight in Berlin on Sunday to sign postcard prints of her ...

Last Wednesday, at about noon local time in Germany, the question of who the most powerful woman in the world is became harder to answer. Until then, the easy response was Angela Merkel, the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after a 16-year ...

Angela Merkel’s arrival in Dublin on Thursday for talks on Brexit marks her most significant intervention yet in one of the biggest crises the region has ever faced. More than two-and-a-half years ...

MUNICH — She leaves a void in her wake. After 16 years beset by crises and critics, Angela Merkel, arguably the world’s most powerful woman, is stepping down from the world stage. On Sunday, Germany ...