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.

It may be too extreme for Canada or Denmark to view the U.S. as an enemy in the wake of Trump annexation threats, but the line between enmity and amity is currently blurred.

President Donald Trump's second term is already bringing massive changes as global leaders, allies and adversaries alike, watch to see where they fall in the pecking order and vie for a seat at the table.

Weak, distracted and unprepared? How prepared France, Germany and the rest of the continent really are for his return to power

For Labour, Trump 1.0 provides opportunities to learn for Trump 2.0. The party has studied in detail the contrasting approaches that global leaders took.

When Donald Trump arrived in Washington in 2017 on the eve of his first inauguration, he was a stranger to most in town

BERLIN ― Friedrich Merz, the candidate leading the race to become Germany’s next chancellor, is all but running against his conservative predecessor: Angela Merkel. At a campaign rally in the northern Germany city of Flensburg, Merz presented himself ...

Conservative frontrunner to be country’s next chancellor aims to submit tough migration proposals to MPs next week

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Germany’s opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected chancellor next month, as a