German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to improve the way authorities respond to terror attacks as survivors and dignitaries marked the anniversary of last year’s truck rampage at a Berlin Christmas market.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has expressed concerns about the collapse of negotiations to form a coalition government in Germany led by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germany has spoken and, as ever since 1945, it sends in its election results mixed messages, thanks in part to a constitution designed to prevent one party getting an overall majority in the Bundestag.

LATEST:German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is not satisfied with the progress of talks about the situation in eastern Ukraine, after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Angela Merkel has been criticised over her awkward treatment of a young refugee girl brought to tears by the German chancellor's comments on asylum.

Angela Merkel can and should offer Greece a fresh start because it is the right thing to do and accords with Germany’s experience and history, writes Jeffrey Sachs.

She missed his call. Twice.

German chancellor Angela Merkel did not rule out Ireland getting money back for bailing out its banks when she held a joint press conference with Taoiseach Enda Kenny in government buildings.

The NSA has stepped up its surveillance of senior German government officials since being ordered by Barack Obama to halt its spying on chancellor Angela Merkel, Bild am Sonntag reported yesterday.