Angela Merkel didn’t just win Germany’s Sept. 22 parliamentary elections — she triumphed. Her Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, emerged strengthened ...

But Merkel is not the only party leader who has voiced doubt about whether further talks could lead to a resolution. Martin Schulz, the leader of the Social Democrats — the second largest party in ...

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 — The center-left Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in Germany's national election. They narrowly beat outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Union bloc in a ...

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 ...

(AP) Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party is riding high as Germany enters its election year, enjoying its highest support since Merkel became the country’s leader in 2005 while her ...