Angela Merkel

5 things we learned as Merkel laid out her vision for the next four years

Angela Merkel made some surprising admissions in the eagerly-awaited first speech of her new Chancellorship on Wednesday, including that her most famous soundbite is “unbelievably banal.”

Terrorism

Merkel urges Germans to meet terror with freedom and openness

Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans on Saturday to hold firm to democratic values in the face of jihadist terror, urging them to counter "murderers who are full of hate" with compassion and cohesion.

Trump

Germany dismisses Trump's 'politics of fear'

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday took a thinly veiled shot at Donald Trump, decrying the "politics of fear" in the US presidential campaign.

Christmas

President avoids scandal in Christmas speech

In his annual Christmas address, to be aired Sunday evening, German President Christian Wulff did not mention the loan scandal that has dogged him throughout December, instead highlighting racism and political extremism.