Merkel’s political career was shaped by these early years, by her ingrained belief in freedom, the word she chose as a title ...

PERFECTION, by Vincenzo Latronico. Translated by Sophie Hughes.

Germany’s principal problems are immigration and Islam. The tragedy was set into motion by Conservative Chancellor Angela ...

But the heart of the book is her tour de force march through 21st-century German and European politics and history. This is not a tell-all memoir, nor does Merkel waste any time on introspection, ...

They have three children. He was a lawyer for much of ... told Sky News. But Angela Merkel, then the party's overall leader, blocked his path, and after the CDU lost the 2002 election, replaced ...

Some world events can look different to those of us on this side of the Atlantic, also, more precisely, in Berlin. God knows, here too I’m frightened at ...

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Already, Merz has pledged to increase defense spending and put Paris, Warsaw, and London at the lead of a new policy to shore ...

Revenge against his eternal rival, Angela Merkel, who repeatedly hindered his ... such as referring to the children of migrants as "little pashas" or reproaching refugees for having their "teeth ...

Weidel led the Alternative for Germany, a male-dominated party accused of far-right extremism, from the fringes into the ...

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Schloss Elmau, a German resort tucked into the Bavarian Alps, has hosted celebrities and world leaders, including President ...