Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin manufofin waje, Merkel ta jaddada hadin gwiwar kasa da kasa, a cikin mahallin Tarayyar Turai da NATO, da kuma karfafa dangantakar tattalin arzikin transatlantic. A shekara ta 2007, Merkel ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Turai kuma ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin tattaunawar yarjejeniyar Lisbon da Sanarwar Berlin. Merkel ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kula da rikicin kudi na duniya da rikicin bashin Turai. Ta yi shawarwari game da kunshin motsa jiki a shekara ta 2008 da ke mai da hankali kan kashe kuɗi da saka hannun jari na jama'a don magance Babban koma bayan tattalin arziki. A cikin manufofin cikin gida, shirin "Energiewende" na Merkel ya mai da hankali kan ci gaban makamashi na gaba, yana neman kawar da makamashin nukiliya a Jamus, rage fitar da iskar gas, da kuma kara yawan hanyoyin samar da makamashi. Sauye-sauye ga Bundeswehr wanda ya soke aikin soja, gyaran kiwon lafiya, kuma kwanan nan gwamnatin ta mayar da martani ga rikicin bakin haure na 2010s
da annobar COVID-19 a Jamus sun kasance manyan batutuwa a lokacin da take shugabancin. Ta yi aiki a matsayin babban shugaban G7 tun daga 2014, kuma a baya daga 2011 zuwa 2012. A shekarar 2014 ta zama shugabar gwamnati mafi dadewa a Tarayyar Turai. A watan Oktoba na 2018, Merkel ta ba da sanarwar cewa za ta yi murabus a matsayin Jagoran CDU a taron jam'iyyar, kuma ba za ta nemi wa'adi na biyar a matsayin shugabar gwamnati a 2021 ba.