The former chancellor can’t stand the America First policies that clash with her fellow travelers in international institutions.

An angry pre-election showdown on immigration flared in Germany's parliament Wednesday as the conservative opposition said it would accept support from lawmakers of the far-right AfD, breaching a long-standing taboo.

The former German chancellor governed in turbulent times: the financial crisis, Russian aggression in Ukraine, Covid and beyond.

It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming over Donald Trump as the rest of the world’s leaders looked on. Angela Merkel, the photo seemed to indicate, was the adult in the room.

Composed in her trademark calm delivery, but infused with little to capture the reader’s curiosity, Angela Merkel’s achievements – as well as her

Friedrich Merz and his conservatives view Angela Merkel’s legacy as a liability in their battle with the far right.

Concerns about Holocaust trivialization and nationalist policies underscore the growing anxiety over the influence of the far-right party, which recently won the endorsement of Elon Musk Strong relations with Israel and a commitment to commemorating the Holocaust have been central tenets in Germany’s identity since the end of the Nazi regime,

Ahead of Germany's February election, opposition leader Friedrich Merz advocates stringent border controls and faster deportations following a fatal knife attack by a rejected asylum-seeker. Tensions rise as Merz targets perceived failures in Germany's migration policy,

Germany's main opposition leader vowed on Thursday to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor, as expected, after elections next month, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children.

Donald Trump's return to the White House has darkened the mood in Germany a month before elections, as multiple crises shake the foundations on which Europe's biggest economy built its

The leader of Germany's main opposition party has caused upset by saying he will bring proposals for an instant change to the country's immigration laws before parliament this week, days after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested following a fatal double stabbing in the southern city of Aschaffenburg.

German voters head to the polls in a winter election next month, but likely will not have a new government until well into the spring.