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 ...

Upon assuming the chancellorship of Germany in 2005, Merkel made history not only as the first female leader of the federal republic but also as the first Ossi, as those of East German origin are ...

Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, intercepted some unencrypted calls around the same time the U.S. was spying ...

A decade on, Angela Merkel’s immigration disaster has created a right-wing surge. By Bret Stephens Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany spoke rarely but reverently, and found a warm reception in the ...