he says. "My answer was: clearly, the mobile number of Angela Merkel." He adds that when judging the Merkel legacy - over Russia and otherwise - it is important to remember the norms of the time.

For all the justified criticism of Angela Merkel’s tenure as chancellor ... group in the European Parliament. In short, Merkel’s legacy must be regarded as mixed at best.

Although the return of the CDU to the German chancellery might seem to indicate a return to the Centrist times of moderates ...

The runoff crystallizes the question facing Germany’s biggest party as it contemplates life without Chancellor Angela Merkel after September’s general election. The ballot pits a Merkel ...