German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that she would meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday evening to discuss Britain's planned departure from the European Union, adding that Berlin was also prepared for a disorderly Brexit.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fended off growing calls for more fiscal stimulus by citing the slow outflow of existing federal funds - but data suggests the money is indeed being used up as local authority bottlenecks gradually clear.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the Westminster parliament cannot stop Brexit and a new deal must be agreed if Britain is to avoid leaving the EU without one.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the British parliament cannot stop Brexit, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to make a diplomatic dash to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin early next week as he seeks to break the Brexit impasse, The Guardian reports. The prime minister, who has yet to leave the United Kingdom to meet any of the European Union’s leaders since entering Downing Street, will also speak to the Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, and Donald Tusk, the European council president, by phone, the Guardian understands.Tusk said earlier this year there would be a “special place in hell” for politicians who had championed Brexit “without a sketch of a plan” as to how to make it a success,...

ANGELA MERKEL was put under pressure by a prominent opposition MP over Germany’s crumbling military infrastructure as she faced calls for fresh investment in the sector.

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will run for the leadership of the Social Democrats, a spokeswoman said on Friday, joining a race to revive the party's popularity sinking since it entered a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.

A meeting between Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planned soon, a spokesman for the German government said on Friday, adding that details would be announced later.