Angela Dorothea Merkel became Chancellor in 2005, after serving as leader of the opposition from 2002 to 2005. She was chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union between 2000 and 2018.

"After last week's events in the Bundestag, the democratic parties have become polarised," observed Merkel, as quoted by the ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes ...

BERLIN — Germany’s former leader Angela Merkel has exposed a deep rift within the country’s conservative movement, slamming her party’s top brass over how it’s handling the rise of the far right. The ...

open image in gallery Angela Rayner was stripped from her role as chair and campaign coordinator after the party suffered a devastating loss in the Hartlepool by-election of May 2021. (PA Archive ...

When Angela Merkel rose to lead the CDU parliamentary group in 2002 and entered the chancellery in 2005, the much more conservative-minded Merz withdrew and stayed away from politics for years.

Yet he gained popularity after taking office, serving much of his nearly six years in the post alongside Chancellor Angela Merkel. Mr. Köhler championed transforming Germany into “a land of ...

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The Delaware News Journal confirmed that youth ice dancing partners Angela Yang and Sean Kay were on the fateful flight back from the US Figure Skating Championships and National Development Camp ...