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, ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the countries of Europe to unite and show solidarity in light of global crises and wars. "Europe must take its destiny into its own hands more ...

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 ...

A series of crime novels now adapted for TV imagines former German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a crime-solving detective. How might a former chancellor of Germany spend her retirement? The series ...

We met former German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a fitting place for her: the museum in Berlin dedicated to the Wall, that great symbol of the Cold War division between East and West. Parts of the ...

There are few world leaders who can claim to have worked closely with four U.S. presidents. But Chancellor Angela Merkel can. She is the only woman to ever lead Germany, and her 16-year tenure as ...

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 ...