Angela Merkel
The Debate
'Patriotism, not nationalism': Macron takes on Trump's worldview
What a dramatic setting for a fundamental argument. Donald Trump took his seat while a cold steel rain beat down on Paris' Arc de Triomphe for the 100th anniversary…
Amid unity over WWI centenary, Trump prefers to go it alone
US President Donald Trump’s intermittent participation in World War I Armistice ceremonies alongside other world leaders in France offered fresh evidence of a disconnect between…
Paris Peace Forum vows ‘fightback’ against nationalist, authoritarian surge
After marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War in a show of unity on Sunday, world leaders gathered in the French capital to hear impassioned pleas for global…
Macron and Merkel mark armistice centenary at Compiègne
President Emmanuel Macron of France Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on Saturday unveiled a plaque to their countries' reconciliation in the forest…
Merkel and Macron visit site where armistice was signed
President Emmanuel Macron of France Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on Saturday unveiled a plaque to their countries' reconciliation in the forest…
Macron and Merkel mark armistice centenary at Compiègne
President Emmanuel Macron of France Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on Saturday unveiled a plaque to their countries' reconciliation in the forest clearing in France where…
The World This Week
US midterm results; WWI commemorations; Weber tipped to lead EU Commission
The World This Week looks at the US, where the dust still hasn't settled on midterms marked by a record high turnout in parts and a shifting political landscape. Democrats…
The World This Week
Brazil under Bolsonaro; US midterms campaign; Merkel's long Auf Wiedersehen
The World This Week looks at Brazil's new president Jair Bolsonaro setting the tone after a resounding win; Donald Trump playing the migrant card ahead of US midterm elections;…
In The Papers
Teflon chancellor no more: Who will replace Angela Merkel in 2021?
IN THE PAPERS - Tuesday, October 30: The end of an era: we look at reactions to Angela Merkel's decision to step down as chairwoman of her party and eventually as German…
Merkel says she will step down as German chancellor in 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would not seek re-election as party chairwoman and that her fourth term as chancellor would be her last, heralding the end of a…
Merkel government punished in key regional election
Exit polls suggest that Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their coalition allies in Berlin both haemorrhaged support in a regional election in the western state of…
World leaders at summit urge Syrians to head up peace efforts
The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany said at a summit on Saturday that Syrians must lead efforts to make peace in their war-torn country, a challenge that was…