If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Angela Merkel was the longest-serving chancellor of ... what lines could not be crossed was an important skill, even for a child. "My pragmatic approach helped me" in that regard, she says.

Barack Obama seems to be “at peace with himself,” mused a wistful Angela ... at one point, Merkel avoided becoming an informant, saying she was too “communicative” a child – but it ...