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ANGELA MERKEL PAYS A STEEP PRICE TO STAY IN POWER
As the sun rose over a frigid Berlin on Feb. 7, the German chancellor's rivals from the Social Democratic Party used the same tactic... READ MORE›
BOTH SIDES SOUR ON GERMAN COALITION DEAL BEFORE ITS EVEN SET
I think the Social Democrats were in a position to let the coalition talks collapse, and Ms. Merkel couldn't have afforded that, Mr. Florack said... READ MORE›
MERKEL TAKES ON HER CRITICS AND ASSERTS SHE'LL SERVE A FULL TERM
I ran for a four-year term, said Merkel, 63, whose party won the most votes in Germany's inconclusive election in September... READ MORE›
GERMANY'S MERKEL PASSES MAJOR HURDLE AFTER PARTY LEADERS AGREE ON NEW COALITION
Left-leaning activists recruited new party members to vote against the coalition, drawing heavy criticism from the Social Democrats' coalition advocates... READ MORE›
MERKEL ENTERS FINAL STRETCH IN COALITION-BUILDING MARATHON
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives entered coalition talks Sunday with knotty issues still to untangle with their historic center-left rivals,... READ MORE›
MERKEL ALLIES HOPEFUL OF GERMAN COALITION DEAL BY END OF WEEKEND
Members of parliament vote during a session of German lower house of Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, February 1, 2018... READ MORE›
GERMANY' SPD NARROWLY BACKS COALITION TALKS WITH MERKEL
Germany's Social Democrats SPD have narrowly approved the start of formal coalition negotiations with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats... READ MORE›
WITH MERKEL'S FATE IN THE BALANCE, WOULD-BE PARTNERS PREPARE TO VOTE IN GERMANY
Leaders of the party, known as the SPD, admit that neither option is attractive... READ MORE›
GERMAN STABILITY AT STAKE IN VOTE ON MERKEL COALITION TALKS
Attention would shift to whether Merkel has her bloc's support for running again, which she has vowed to do if a repeat election becomes inevitable... READ MORE›
GERMAN COALITION TALKS CLEAR FIRST HURDLE AFTER MARATHON SESSION
Pressure grows on spd to reconsider coalition talks with angela merkel... READ MORE›
GERMAN COALITION NEGOTIATIONS HINGING ON IMMIGRATION POLICY
According to information from negotiators published by the Bild newspaper, family reunification will be permanently suspended for immigrants with limited protection status... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL AT BAY AS SOCIAL DEMOCRATS TO SET HIGH COALITION PRICE
We will work very swiftly and very intensively, Merkel told journalists as she arrived at the Social Democrats' headquarters on Sunday... READ MORE›
MERKELS WISHES FOR 2018: MORE EMPATHY AND A NEW GOVERNMENT
In her New Years address, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany promised to work swiftly on a new coalition, and to help heal rifts in society... READ MORE›
MAN RAMS CAR INTO PARTY HQ IN BERLIN IN WHAT HE CALLS SUICIDE ATTEMPT; NO ONE ELSE HURT
A police statement Monday says the man described the act as a suicide attempt... READ MORE›
GERMAN PRESIDENT SET TO HOST NEW COALITION TALKS
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Christian Democratic Union CDU, Social Democratic Party SPD chief Martin Schulz and Horst Seehofer, the head of Christian Social Union CSU... READ MORE›
GERMAN GRAND COALITION TALKS UNLIKELY TO BEGIN UNTIL NEW YEAR
SPD leader Martin Schulz under pressure from members who worry that another deal with Angela Merkel could backfire... READ MORE›
MERKEL STABILIZES HER GRIP ON GERMANY WITH ENEMIES PILING UP
Angela Merkel returned to the international stage on Friday with a path to her fourth term opening up and her enemies in retreat... READ MORE›
GERMANYS SPD IS READY FOR TALKS TO END COALITION DEADLOCK
Pressure grows on spd to reconsider coalition talks with angela merkel... READ MORE›
'ALL PARTIES NEED TO COME TO THEIR SENSES'
'We are far away from chaos' - Edgar, 53, Stuttgart, engineer Germany has a tradition of coalition governments... READ MORE›
MERKEL OFFERED PATH TO FOURTH TERM AS MAIN RIVALS DEBATE BACKING
Schulz favors pledging SPD support for a minority government, an arrangement Merkel wants to avoid... READ MORE›
GERMANY'S PRESIDENT URGES GREEN AND FDP LEADERS TO RESTART COALITION TALKS
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been meeting with leaders of the Greens and the Free Democrats FDP parties to discuss a way forward, following the... READ MORE›
PRESSURE GROWS ON SPD TO RECONSIDER COALITION TALKS WITH ANGELA MERKEL
Martin Schulz, the leader of the Social Democratic party SPD, ruled out another grand coalition after his party's worst postwar performance in federal elections in September... READ MORE›
GERMANY STRUGGLES TO EMERGE FROM CRISIS AFTER GOVERNMENT TALKS COLLAPSE
His party's former labor minister Andrea Nahles has suggested the SPD would tolerate a Merkel-led minority government, but this is an unstable option Merkel has dismissed... READ MORE›
GERMAN PRESIDENT CALLS ON PARTY LEADERS TO RETURN TO COALITION TALKS
Coming out of talks with the chancellor, Angela Merkel, Steinmeier said he would meet all the party leaders this week... READ MORE›
EUROPE FACES A HAMSTRUNG GERMANY AS MERKEL'S COALITION BID FAILS
Angela Merkel may be running out of road after 12 years at the helm in Germany... READ MORE›
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GERMAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Germany's parliament has voted to legalise same-sex marriage by 393 votes to 226, despite Angela Merkel opposing the move... READ MORE›
'MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN'
Angela Merkel has voted against same-sex marriage in Germany because she believes that marriage is between a man and woman ... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL CALLS FOR BURKA BAN IN GERMANY
Mrs Merkel distanced herself from the refugee policy a few months ago, and her party proposed a limited burka ban earlier this year... READ MORE›
MERKEL SEEKS FOURTH TERM AS GERMANY VOTES
Voting has opened in Germany's federal elections, with Chancellor Angela Merkel tipped to retain power... READ MORE›
GERMANY DAUNTED BY GREAT EXPECTATIONS AS OBAMA PASSES BATON TO MERKEL
Some fear Germany may struggle to assume America's status as torchbearer for liberal democracy after Trump victory in US... READ MORE›
BLUNTING THE FAR RIGHT MERKEL GAINS AS GERMAN ELECTION NEARS
The only alternative for Germany, Ms. Lange said, is Ms. Merkel... READ MORE›
GREEKS REJECT BAILOUT TERMS IN REBUFF TO EUROPEAN LEADERS
Even before the voting was over, some European leaders began trying to contain the potential damage... READ MORE›
MERKEL HANGS ON TO POWER BUT BLEEDS SUPPORT TO SURGING FAR RIGHT
Christian Democratic Union CDU party leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts on first exit polls in the German general election Bundestagswahl in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2017... READ MORE›
AFD POLITICIAN SAYS GERMANY SHOULD STOP ATONING FOR NAZI CRIMES
During the second world war Germany was responsible for the murder of more than 6 million Jews and other minorities... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL AND THE HISTORY BOOK THAT HELPED INFORM HER WORLDVIEW
The British empire was a major engine of global change in modern history... READ MORE›
NO, THE GREEK AGREEMENT IS NOT A COUP AND IF YOU THINK IT IS, YOU'RE AN IDIOT
And are the negotiations slanted against Greece, because Germany has more money and political clout within the EU than Greece?... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | WHY ANGELA MERKEL, KNOWN FOR EMBRACING LIBERAL VALUES, VOTED AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Parliamentarians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, prepare to vote at the Bundestag on a new law to legalize same-sex marriage in Germany on Friday, in Berlin... READ MORE›
MERKEL HANGS ON TO POWER BUT BLEEDS SUPPORT TO SURGING FAR RIGHT
Christian Democratic Union CDU party leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts on first exit polls in the German general election Bundestagswahl in Berlin, Germany, September 24, 2017... READ MORE›
GERMANYS HIDDEN HUNGER: ON THE BREADLINE IN EUROPES RICHEST COUNTRY
At a food bank in one of Germanys wealthiest areas, growing poverty sparks anger ahead of upcoming elections... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL ADMITS MISTAKES OVER ASYLUM SEEKERS AFTER DISASTROUS ELECTION
Angela Merkel has taken responsibility for her party's disastrous showing in Sunday's Berlin state election, admitting mistakes in her handling of last year's refugee crisis... READ MORE›
GERMANS START TO VOTE FOR NEXT PARLIAMENT
Polling institutions will interview voters anonymously at the exit of selected polling stations, and will publish the initial results exactly after the election ends... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS: MERKEL THE SURVIVOR EXTENDS HER REIGN AS EUROPE'S LONGEST SERVING LEADER
Merkel, 63, extends her 12-year tenure as Europe's longest-serving democratically elected leader... READ MORE›
HERE'S WHY YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THIS WEEKEND'S GERMAN ELECTION
Merkel, who grew up in communist East Germany, is a former scientist with a doctorate in physical chemistry... READ MORE›
'A DARK DAY FOR MERKEL': GERMAN ANTI-IMMIGRANT PARTY BEATS CHANCELLOR'S PARTY IN HER OWN DISTRICT
'The beginning of the end' National AfD leader Frauke Petry celebrated a blow to Angela Merkel... READ MORE›
GERMANY: MERKEL'S PARTY SUFFERS LOSS IN BERLIN ELECTION
I think it is dangerous to transfer the Berlin result to the federal level, he told broadcaster ZDF... READ MORE›
GERMANY VOTES AS MERKEL BIDS FOR A FOURTH TERM, FAR-RIGHT EYES SEATS IN PARLIAMENT
A three-party government would be new for modern Germany, and could limit Merkel's room to maneuver as she attempts to bridge critical divides... READ MORE›
SOME WONDER HOW TO MAKE ACCEPTANCE LAST
Already Germany has experienced a formidable backlash against the migrants -- the worst in Europe... READ MORE›
GERMANY FACES FIRST FAR-RIGHT PARTY IN PARLIAMENT SINCE SECOND WORLD WAR
But Merkel's decision that same year to allow more than 1 million refugees to enter Germany reanimated the party... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKELS PARTY SCORES BIG WIN IN KEY GERMAN STATE ELECTION
Cheers erupted at the state headquarters of Ms. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union when early results came in... READ MORE›
CATCH UP ON THE GERMAN ELECTION
The German vote is effectively a referendum on Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is running for a fourth term... READ MORE›
GERMAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES GREEK BAILOUT DEAL
On Wednesday, Mr. Schauble acknowledged his own doubts about a new program for Greece... READ MORE›
MERKEL LEADING IN POLLS OVER SCHULZ AFTER TV DEBATE
Members of Merkel's party feted the results, with Julia Kloeckner tweeting Angela Merkel Stateswoman... READ MORE›
EU SHOULD AIM TO KEEP 'CLOSE RELATIONSHIP' WITH POST-BREXIT BRITAIN, SAYS GERMAN ECONOMY MINISTER
The European Union should aim to maintain close ties with Britain after Brexit, the German vice-chancellor said on Thursday... READ MORE›
MERKEL'S PIVOT BOOSTS HOPES FOR GAY MARRIAGE IN GERMANY
He said recognizing same-sex marriage would bring Germany in line with its peers, advancing its leadership role in Europe... READ MORE›
SCHULZ FAILS TO BREAK THROUGH AS MERKEL STANDS FIRM IN TV DEBATE
Helmed by four moderators from Germany's main networks, the debate produced polite attacks by Schulz and occasional defensive moments for Merkel... READ MORE›