Angela Merkel was once one of the world’s most powerful and recognisable politicians. So when she ended her term as one of Germany’s longest-serving leaders in 2021, many were left wondering what she ...

These pejoratives condemn former German Christian Democratic Union Chancellor Angela Merkel’s overweight 700-page memoir as not worth the price of admission. Merkel served 16 years as chancellor from ...

Few world leaders have left office as lauded as Angela Merkel. When she stepped down as chancellor in 2021, after 16 years, Germany’s economy was the envy of Europe. Mrs Merkel had saved the euro and ...

Ms. Amann is the deputy editor in chief of the German weekly Der Spiegel. She wrote from Berlin. On page 273 of her memoir, Angela Merkel admits she made a mistake. Ms. Merkel, the former German ...