Chancellor Angela Merkel

• Germany’s Angela Merkel retires, was country’s first ever female chancellor

  Angela Merkel was credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, working to hold a fractious EU together, managing a string of crises and being a role model for women.

  World

  Dec 7, 2021
  
• Germans set to vote as Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure comes to an end

  Germany's closely fought election on Sunday will set the direction of the European Union's most populous country after 16 years under Angela Merkel.

  Politics

  Sep 25, 2021
  
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• Germany’s Angela Merkel to serve 4th term as coalition approved by Social Democrats

  The decision ends almost six months of political uncertainty in Germany, the longest time the country has been without a government in its post-war history.

  Politics

  Mar 4, 2018
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• More than 40 injured after German trains collide

  Several people were injured in a train crash on Tuesday near the German city of Duesseldorf, fire department and police spokesmen said.

  World

  Dec 6, 2017
• Angela Merkel is committed to U.S.- German relationship despite differences

  Merkel sent shockwaves through Washington and London by saying on Sunday that Europe must take its fate into its own hands.

  Politics

  May 29, 2017
• Angela Merkel suggests ban on face-covering veils, tighter rules on migrants

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a new term Tuesday as the leader of her party after stressing her determination to prevent a repeat of last year's huge migrant influx and advocating a partial ban on face-covering veils.

  Politics

  Dec 6, 2016