Aug 24 (Reuters) - Germany's conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel runs for re-election on Sept. 27 and hopes to win enough votes to end her "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats (SPD) and share ...

June 26, 2009 – Makes first visit to the United States under President Barack Obama’s administration. September 27, 2009 – Is reelected chancellor of Germany. February 15, 2011 – Receives the ...

Two women have thoroughly dominated the politics of their respective northern European countries in living memory. Beyond their gender, Angela Merkel and Margaret Thatcher are often lumped together as ...

Once upon a time Germany’s Angela Merkel was feted as “the chancellor of the free world.” Now a growing chorus of critics at home and abroad is chastising the former leader for everything from a ...