Chancellors of Germany

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's intense discussions and a stepped-up diplomatic drive announced for the coming weeks will include new meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini, as well as a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Tanjug learns exclusively.

Head of State Rumen Radev congratulated Angela Merkel on her re-election and for the fourth time as Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

"As a country, President of the Council of the European Union, Bulgaria relies and hopes for your active support for the successful realization of the goals and priorities we have set ourselves," the Bulgarian President said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, bruised by half a year of post-election coalition haggling, was narrowly confirmed by parliament on March 14 to her fourth and likely final term at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy.

Angela Merkel will be formally elected chancellor of Germany by parliament on Wednesday, the fourth time she will lead the government since 2005. If she sees out a full term, Ms Merkel will have spent 16 years in office, equalling the record set by Helmut Kohl between 1982 and 1998.

Germany’s acting Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on March 8 that he would not be a member of the new government under conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel who will lead a coalition with his Social Democrats (SPD).

German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised on March 5 that her new government would start work swiftly and lend a strong voice to Europe, a day after she secured a coalition for her fourth term.

BERLIN - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will pay an official visit to Berlin on Tuesday at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Vucic will be welcomed with full military honours, Merkel's office has announced.

The European Union must develop a response to growing global political and economic pressures and this will be the spirit of an EU summit this week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Feb.22

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the European Union needed to develop a response to growing global political and economic pressures and that this would be the spirit of an EU summit this week, reported Reuters. 

Peter Tauber, secretary-general of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party, will step down from his post for health reasons, party sources have said.