Few world leaders have left office as lauded as Angela Merkel. When she stepped down as chancellor in 2021, after 16 years, Germany’s economy was the envy of Europe. Mrs Merkel had saved the euro and guided her nation through the pandemic.

Angela Merkel has set out to secure her reputation in a 700-page memoir in which the former German chancellor defends her 16 years in office. Critics increasingly believe that her leadership led Germany to chronic underinvestment, an underfunded military, and the growth of the far right.

The former German chancellor talks about Ukraine, Putin’s nuclear threat - and how she handled Trump.

In her memoir, the former German chancellor reflects on her political rise and defends her record as the outlook for her country turns grim.

Germany's longtime former chancellor, Angela Merkel, presented her memoirs at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin on Tuesday, engaging in an on-stage conversation with journalist Anne Will. Merkel responded to Will's claim that her book,