Germany has made an art of bad energy policy, but even so this weekend will mark a special occasion. The country’s last three nuclear power plants are due to shut down in an act of economic and ...

Germany Germany's Angela Merkel receives nation's highest honor, despite head-scratching in her own party Angela Merkel is only the third leader to receive the Grand Cross of Germany's Order of Merit ...

Ten years ago 17 nuclear reactors produced about a quarter of Germany’s electricity, but the 2011 Fukushima accident prompted former Chancellor Angela Merkel to phase out nuclear.

The former chancellor has slammed her conservative CDU party for passing a migration motion with help of the far-right AfD. Merkel blamed party leader Friedrich Merz for going back on a pledge not ...

Angela Merkel is stepping down after 16 years as Germany's chancellor. Earlier this fall, NPR caught up with some people who remembered her earliest days as a politician and reflected on her legacy.