The leak, which saw data from hundreds of politicians, including Mrs Merkel, posted on Twitter last month, affects all parties in parliament except the far-right Alternative for Germany.

Merkel, who is in Athens for a two-day visit, said Germany was 'aware of our historical responsibility' and 'how much suffering' it had caused Greece during the Second World War.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel heaped pressure on the PM by insisting the UK must provide solutions to the impasse after the House of Commons delivered a huge rejection of her deal.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who took over from Angela Merkel as leader of the CDU last month, has appealed for Britain to stay in the EU, calling it Britain’s ‘home’.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said the pact, inked in the ancient western German city of Aachen today, aims to build a 'common military culture' between Germany and France.

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused the UK of seeing ties with other EU member states mainly in terms of trade.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos the German chancellor (pictured today) said she feared the 'knowledge and insight' of politicians after World War II would be forgotten.

Diplomatic sources said the German Chancellor would back concessions but only at the last possible moment - insisting 'that is how she works'.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered the dig as she insisted there is 'still time' to thrash out a Brexit deal despite the deep political standoff.

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The Prime Minister - who in public today defied EU calls to accept delaying Brexit was the 'rational solution - is battling to stave off a Cabinet revolt on Wednesday.

The EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Mrs May's new strategy would work if her decision to accept cross party talks and pivot to soft Brexit pays off.

Body language expert Judi James said the 'huge spatial gap' between Theresa May and Angela Merkel in Berlin today gave the suggestion of 'further separation rather than unity'.

Aides revealed it was a TV still of the duo speaking in the Commons and the Bundestag at the same time yesterday morning before flying to Brussels.

The fan, who worked at Dortmund Airport in Germany, had been driving when she spotted the German Chancellor's aircraft and jumped out her vehicle to take a photo.

In the hour-long video German YouTuber Rezo, 26, takes aim at Angela Merkel's CDU and its policies on climate change, the rich, and drug laws, prompting responses from CDU heavyweights.

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there is 'work to be done' to halt extremists' rise in Europe and that young people must be made aware of history.

At a Berlin summit in 2016, Theresa May was offered a choice of red wine – one Italian, one German – and chose the latter. Angela Merkel told her: ‘Have the Italian wine like me. German red is no good.'

Sheridan Smith honoured war veterans on Wednesday with a dazzling performance at the D-Day celebrations in Portsmouth. 

President Donald Trump had an unscheduled conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday while the visiting leaders were at a D-Day event in the UK.

Donald Trump and his wife Melania, who moved on to Ireland this afternoon before going to France tomorrow, joined the monarch and Prince Charles to speak to World War Two veterans.

President Donald Trump passed on an opportunity to criticize German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying 'she has to say what she has to say' about him to stay in power.

President Trump blasted the latest comments by Democratic debate participants during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Japan.

Mrs Merkel said at the Group of 20 summit in Japan which included a long-distance flight and negotiations with other leaders: 'I'm convinced... it will go away again.'

Mrs Merkel kept a low profile as she attended the G20 summit in Osaka following the latest incident. Her office blamed dehydration for the first attack and said the second was psychological.

The plan is believed to be under consideration by Boris Johnson in order to avoid Brexit dominating the G7 summit set to be held in Biarritz, France, from August 24-26.

Leading allies of Angela Merkel have warned Boris Johnson deleting the backstop from the Brexit deal is 'completely impossible' as the PM flies into Berlin for crunch talks.

The value of the pound jumped this afternoon after Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel delivered Brexit boosts to Boris Johnson.

Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief of Germany's most popular newspaper Bild, predicted agreements amounting to 'basically a deal'. He said the Chancellor would be 'giving in but not giving in'.

The French President echoed the German Chancellor's suggestion that the deadlock over the Irish backstop could potentially be broken to prevent No Deal.

The Prime Minister will use the G7 summit in Biarritz to heap pressure on the EU chief Donald Tusk to re-open Brexit talks on the Irish backstop.

Tory Remainer rebels are set to delay their attempts to stop No Deal until Angela Merkel's 30-day window to scrap the backstop has expired as Boris Johnson was given a Brexit reprieve.

Donald Trump urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G7 in Biarritz, France to take back captured ISIS fighters who journeyed to the conflict zone from Europe.

The pair had a notoriously hostile relationship when they were both in power, and used language about each other which shocked diplomats.

Angela Merkel has given Prime Minister Boris Johnson 30 days to come up with a new Brexit deal - despite the initial praise of a 'constructive and professional' G7 summit meeting.

Merkel, on a visit to Beijing, met with Chinese premier Li Keqiang and stressed that a peaceful solution is needed following as military trucks parked on the Hong Kong border.

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Stefan Jagsch (pictured), of the far right-wing extremist National Democratic Party (NDP), was elected on Thursday for Waldsiedlung after the post remained vacant for weeks.

German Chancellor Angela gave the upbeat assessment amid signs of a renewed push in negotiations, with just 50 days until the UK is due to leave.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was pledging her support to the nation's car industry at the annual Frankfurt IAA car show when Greenpeace protestors made their way inside the building.

David Cameron writes in his memoirs that Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured together at a Brussels summit in 2016) was a 'European integrationist to the core'.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron of France both sat down separately with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the UN in New York.

Michael Gove today ramped up the government's preparations for a No Deal Brexit as the chances of an agreement being struck between Britain and the EU appeared to collapse.

European Council chief Donald Tusk (pictured) raged at Mr Johnson and claimed 'you don't want a deal' after the PM's hopes of a Brexit agreement with Brussels were left hanging by a thread yesterday.

The Brexit campaigners posted the image on social media yesterday following a phone conversation between the German leader and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Emmanuel Macron on Friday night led EU leaders in warning that they might block any further Brexit extension, while Merkel is understood to have argued the EU can not push out the UK without a deal.

CRAIG BROWN: As his girth attested, Helmut Kohl liked his food. In fact, he could be called something of a glutton. His favourite dish was Saumagen, which literally means 'sow's stomach'.

Merkel's decision to welcome a million Syrian migrants in 2015 has tarnished her political standing, but the idea of a 'safe zone' could reduce the outflow of refugees from the war-torn country.

While popular premier far-left Die Linke party easily retained the top spot with about 30 per cent, the Alternative for Germany scored at least 23 percent - more than doubling its result in 2014.

Björn Höcke's party surged to 23 per cent of the vote in Thuringia, a state in the former East Germany, beating Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling CDU into third place.