The German Democratic Republic, where Angela Merkel grew up, was neither democratic nor a republic; it was an Orwellian horror show, where the Iron Curtain found literal expression in the form of ...

After a brief period of military service ... professor of politics at the University of Salford, told Sky News. But Angela Merkel, then the party's overall leader, blocked his path, and after the CDU ...

Naturally, there’s a German word that perfectly captures Angela Merkel’s dry, unemotive rhetorical style: vorsichtigkeit, which means, roughly, prudence. The German chancellor, who at age 63 ...

In a brief speech at the end of last month, Angela Merkel announced she would not seek reelection as chancellor and would not stand for her party’s leadership next month. The era of “Mutti ...

With Angela Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) leading in polls, shouldn't it be clear who the former chancellor is backing in the upcoming election? Well, mostly, but Merkel's long ...

After a brief period of military service ... professor of politics at the University of Salford, told Sky News. But Angela Merkel, then the party's overall leader, blocked his path, and after ...