Angela Merkel was chancellor when Germany pulled the Bundeswehr out of Afghanistan and the Taliban conquered Kabul in 2021. She was the last witness to testify before a Bundestag committee of ...

For reference: Angela Merkel first became a member of the Bundestag in 1990, and from 2000 to 2018, she was the leader of the right-wing conservative Christian Democratic Union. For 16 years ...

Angela Merkel was elected leader of Germany in 2005 ... She won the election and became a representative in Germany's Bundestag, (the lower house of parliament). In 1991, she was appointed ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel, takes part as a witness in the public session of the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry into Afghanistan. Kay Nietfeld/dpa Former German chancellor Angela ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and set new elections ...

Germany's post-World War II constitution requires a confidence vote because the Bundestag cannot dissolve itself.

He then took a break from politics in 2009, returning to the Bundestag only in 2021 after Merkel had retired. Former Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and Friedrich Merz (left) did not see eye to ...

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

Obama: “What lessons you learned about how to both think about Germany, and you have to deal with your legislation, the Bundestag ... I would often watch you." Merkel: “I was such a great ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has recalled her impression of Donald Trump during his first term in the White House, saying the new American president-elect showed a “fascination with ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament, putting the country on course to hold an early ...