After years of turmoil within the party and the electorate over her disputed decision to keep the border open to more than one million asylum seekers, Merkel has said she will leave politics when her ...

BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel took a step closer to political retirement Tuesday after receiving her formal dismissal certificate from the post of chancellor after 16 years in office, though she will ...

The inconclusive outcome of Germany’s September 26 federal election will likely mean lengthy talks on forming a new government coalition, and it is currently unclear who will succeed Angela Merkel as ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be headed for the strongest showing by a far-right party since World War II in Sunday's national election and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country.

Germany is headed for elections later this month after its coalition collapse late last year. Here is a guide to the country's colour-coded politics in Europe's largest economy. Germany is headed for ...

Germany’s Social Democrats will meet next week with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s alliance in a bid to break the country’s post-election political deadlock, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced ...

Ten years after former Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted: "Wir schaffen das!" (we can do it), Germany is still grappling with the consequences of its migration policy. Meanwhile, an arrest warrant has ...