German Chancellor Angela Merkel Blog Posts

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a burqa ban in Germany saying she could support a nationwide prohibition on Islamic veils covering the face:"The full-face veil is not acceptable in our country," she told delegates in Essen, sparking ra...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during an election campaign event in Bad Doberan, eastern Germany, on September 3, 2016. ©AFPGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel’s allies have blamed her policies for the “disastrous” defeat in a regiona...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a press conference in the capital, Berlin, July 28, 2016. (Photo by AFP)German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her policy of welcoming refugees into the country, rejecting claims that her government...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AFP photo)German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Party (CDU) has suffered a stinging defeat against a nationalist, anti-refugee upstart in elections in a northeastern state.TV exit polls on...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks with TV journalists Tina Hassel and Thomas Baumann during her summer interview with German public TV chain ARD on August 28, 2016 in Berlin. ©AFPGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized some Europ...

The recent hacking of German government websites has been blamed on the Russian secret service according to remarks made by the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk, just before a meeting with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. However it is n...