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Angela Merkel

November 2021

  • Merkel speaks with Donald Trump at a G7 summit in 2018.

    The Chancellor by Kati Marton review – in search of Angela Merkel

    A diligent attempt to uncover the private life and motivations of Germany’s first female head of government

October 2021

  • Simon Tisdall

    From Roys to royals, succession battles are raging the world over

    Simon Tisdall
  • Olaf Scholz (left) and Angela Merkel in Berlin on Tuesday

    Angela Merkel to bring likely successor Olaf Scholz to G20 meetings

  • Angela Merkel, the outgoing chancellor of Germany, seemed wary of offering her hand for a full handshake with the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at a Brussels summit.

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    Merkel hesitates over handshake with EU's Ursula von der Leyen – video

  • Ursula von der Leyen looks on as Angela Merkel speaks to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, at EU summit

    ‘You are a monument’: EU leaders hail Angela Merkel at ‘final’ summit

  • 'A role model': Obama pays tribute to Angela Merkel – video

  • Angela Merkel calls for compromise amid row over Polish ECJ snub

  • Sebastian Kurz departure is further blow to Europe’s centre-right

  • Scholz moves step closer to succeeding Merkel as German chancellor

  • Germany’s Greens and CDU report ‘constructive’ coalition talks

  • Draghi, Scholz or Macron? Merkel’s crown as Europe’s leader up for grabs

  • How the SPD relied on young rebels to win in north-east Germany

  • Martin Kettle

    Germany’s election result could soon be inspiring Europe’s centre left

    Martin Kettle
    If Olaf Scholz becomes chancellor after his narrow victory, progressives across the continent will be trying to imitate him, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
  • The cover of the 1 October edition of Guardian Weekly.

    Inside Guardian Weekly
    The Merkel legacy: inside the 1 October Guardian Weekly

    A new era for Germany and Europe. Plus, being Greta Thunberg
  • Olaf Scholz waves a bouquet of flowers after the election result

    The Guardian view on the German election results: negotiating a new era

  • Anna Kassautzki

    Seat held by Merkel since 1990 won by SPD candidate born in 1993

  • Angle Merkel (right) visits the Queen at Windsor Castle in July.

    The Merkel years
    Europe is losing its moral compass – how will it find its way without Merkel?

    Marion Van Renterghem
  • Supporters react after German parliament election at the Social Democratic Party, SPD, headquarters in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

    German election: Social Democrats secure narrow win as CDU plunges to historic low – as it happened

  • Olaf Scholz seeks three-way coalition after SPD's narrow German election win – video

  • German election 2021: full results and analysis

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