Freedom. Memoirs 1954-2021 by Angela Merkel: A disappointing, dreary dud
All tell, little show, this memoir is strong on what happened but less so on why - and it gets worse as it continues.
Old habits die hard as Angela Merkel keeps tight hold on information in memoir
Reluctance to elaborate on the personal and political was key to the chancellor’s political longevity. It is a trait she struggles to escape in her book Freedom
Olaf Scholz wins SPD candidacy battle but may yet lose election war
Defence minister Boris Pistorious looks set to become the party’s most influential figure
Angela Merkel saw Donald Trump as spellbound by autocratic leaders
In her new memoir the German former chancellor writes that Trump seemed to find Vladimir Putin ‘very fascinating’
Once a doctor... Ursula von der Leyen assists in medical emergency on board Zurich-Brussels flight
European Commission president stepped in when captain of Swiss flight asked for anyone with medical training to make themselves known
Swedish authorities track Chinese vessel to scene of Baltic cable breaks
Prosecutors in Stockholm launch preliminary investigation into suspected sabotage, hours after Germany dubs cable failure part of a ‘hybrid operation’
Germany’s SPD has its Biden-Harris moment as Scholz’s popularity plummets
Slide in polls and Scholz-Pistorius debate have ramped up tensions for ruling party’s Bundestag members
German parties agree to February federal election
Vote will come seven months early following collapse of coalition led by Olaf Scholz
Germany’s memory battle over ‘Nie Wieder’: never again
Once the cornerstone of the country’s remembrance culture, the slogan’s meaning has become increasingly blurred
Winter election in the air for Germany as Olaf Scholz under pressure to get the timing right
Chancellor is open to moving poll date forward to January, but some fear early vote will bring high risks for smaller parties
Olaf Scholz finally delivers on dynamic promise as firing of Germany’s finance chief blows up his coalition
German chancellor morphs from soft-spoken lawyer into Scholzilla on live TV, saying there is ‘no basis of trust for further co-operation’
Germany’s coalition stands on a knife edge after Olaf Scholz fires finance minister
Chancellor accuses FDP leader Christian Lindner of ‘egotism’, but will wait until January to call snap election
ECHR to examine case of Irishman Oisín Osborn, shot dead by Hamburg police in May 2019
Osborn family believe killing of son resulted from excessive police force
German police arrest eight suspected members of right-wing group plotting ‘ethnic cleansing’ campaign
Prosecutors say members 'share a fundamental renunciation of the free democratic order' of the German state
Multi-billion stimulus plan proposed for Germany
German economics minister Robert Habeck argues country trapped in vicious circle of low growth and a tight fiscal corset