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ANGELA MERKEL IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT IF SHE'LL GET HER FOURTH TERM
We need Germany in the European debate, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, a euro-area ally of Merkel's, said during a visit to Berlin on Friday... READ MORE›
GERMANY CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS BREACHED BY HACKERS
The German government has confirmed that it is investigating a cyberattack against government computer networks, according to local media reports... READ MORE›
GERMANY: MERKEL'S CDU PARTY APPROVES GRAND COALITION DEAL WITH SPD
However, many in the party are known to be unhappy about the concessions Angela Merkel has agreed to make to the SPD... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL STARTS GROOMING SUCCESSORS AND ONE STANDS OUT
Ms. Merkel has called herself a longtime admirer of Ms. Kramp-Karrenbauer... READ MORE›
ALLY OF GERMANY'S MERKEL STEPS DOWN BEFORE NEW GOVERNMENT FORMATION
Before the new government can take office, the SPD's 464,000 members must vote on whether the party should proceed with the coalition... READ MORE›
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›
DONALD TRUMP WANTS BASTILLE DAY-INSPIRED MILITARY PARADE (BUT BIGGER AND BETTER)
Also, Donald Trump asks the Pentagon to look into a French-inspired military parade... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP WANTS BASTILLE DAY-INSPIRED MILITARY PARADE (BUT BIGGER AND BETTER)
Also, Donald Trump asks the Pentagon to look into a French-inspired military parade... 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›
GERMANY'S RIGHTWING AFD GEARS UP TO PLAY NOISY OPPOSITION ROLE
Coalition between Angela Merkel's CDU and the SPD makes AfD the main opposition party... READ MORE›
GERMANY'S TOP TWO PARTIES BROKER 'GRAND COALITION' DEAL
Representatives from Merkel's Christian Democratic Union CDU party, alongside partners from the Bavarian Christian Social Union CSU party, agreed terms with SPD negotiators on Wednesday... READ MORE›
CONFIDENCE GROWS FOR DEAL ON NEW MERKEL GOVERNMENT
I am very confident that we'll reach a deal on Monday, Justice Minister Heiko Maas of the Social Democrats SPD told the same programme... READ MORE›
CONFIDENCE GROWS FOR DEAL ON NEW MERKEL GOVERNMENT
I am very confident that we'll reach a deal on Monday, Justice Minister Heiko Maas of the Social Democrats SPD told the same programme... 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›
A NEW COALITION WITH MERKEL NOT SO FAST
Senior Social Democrats frantically toured the country this week, trying to sway their restive base... 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›
MERKEL'S COALITION MARATHON KEEPS GERMANY WAITING
This weekend Chancellor Angela Merkel is starting a new round of coalition talks, and it could be her last chance to lead a government... READ MORE›
BACK AT IT AGAIN: GERMAN LEADERS TRY TO FORM A GOVERNMENT
Martin Schulz, the leader of the Social Democrats, has called for a United States of Europe by 2025, a notion that conservatives have rejected as unrealistic... READ MORE›
GERMANY CENTRE-LEFT AGREE TO MERKEL TALKS
Germany's centre-left Social Democrats SPD have agreed to talks with their former coalition partners, Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats CDU ... READ MORE›
GERMAN SPD BACKS TALKS WITH MERKEL AFTER IMPASSIONED EUROPE SPEECH
Social Democratic Party SPD leader Martin Schulz looks on at an SPD party convention in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 2017... READ MORE›
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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›
ROMANIA WAS ABOUT TO APPOINT ITS FIRST MUSLIM PRIME MINISTER. THEN THE PRESIDENT INTERVENED
Romania's president has rejected the nomination of the country's first ever Muslim candidate for prime minister... READ MORE›
PROTESTS ROCK ROMANIA AFTER GOVERNMENT WEAKENS CORRUPTION LAW
More than 250,000 Romanians took to the streets, about half of them in the capital, Bucharest. Thieves, thieves, they shouted, denouncing the government and corruption... READ MORE›
FRENCH SOCIALISTS CHOOSE LEFTWING REBEL BENOIT HAMON FOR ELYSEE FIGHT
Hamon's first challenge now is to try to stop the French Socialist party imploding between its warring leftwing and centre-left factions... 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›
CLINTON'S LOSS IS ONE MORE NAIL IN THE COFFIN OF CENTER-LEFT POLITICS IN THE WEST
In Germany and Britain, once-mighty center-left parties have been badly diminished, locked out of their nations' top jobs for the foreseeable future... READ MORE›
GERMANY FACES POLITICAL CRISIS AFTER COALITION TALKS COLLAPSE
Chancellor Angela Merkel says she would prefer a new round of elections to leading a minority government, if the quest for a majority coalition fails... 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›
GREECE BAILOUT DEAL EDGES CLOSER AS MINISTERS TALK
The development comes after a day of negotiations in Brussels between Germany and Greece about the Greek request for more help... READ MORE›
POLLS SUGGEST JUMP IN GERMAN FAR-RIGHT PARTY'S SUPPORT
Gauland has argued Germany should be proud of its veterans of two world wars... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL: GERMAN CHANCELLOR HEADED FOR FOURTH TERM
For me, Angela Merkel is the best chancellor that Germany has ever had, said Dieter W. Welle, 72, a retired engineer in Berlin... 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›
PRO-REFUGEE MAYOR OF ALTENA IN GERMANY STABBED
You let me die of thirst but you bring 200 refugees to Altena, the attacker said, according to Hollstein... READ MORE›
GERMANY VOTES TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DESPITE MERKEL'S THUMBS DOWN
German lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a snap vote only days after Chancellor Angela Merkel changed her longstanding position... READ MORE›
GERMAN GOVT SAYS IT HAS NO PROOF RUSSIA TRYING TO HACK UPCOMING ELECTIONS
In late November, German Chancellor Angela Merkel also implied that Russian hackers could be behind some attacks in Germany... 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›
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›
FOR FRANCES LEFT, A TIME OF CRISIS
A member of France's oldest trade union, Mr. Ducourtioux, 52, was a stalwart Socialist Party voter who once might have been inside, cheering... READ MORE›
GERMAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES GREEK BAILOUT DEAL
On Wednesday, Mr. Schauble acknowledged his own doubts about a new program for Greece... READ MORE›
THIS BLUE-EYED MILLENNIAL IS SET TO BECOME A WORLD LEADER IN EUROPE
After a Social Democratic-People's Party coalition was formed four years ago, Kurz, then 27, became Austria's foreign minister -- the youngest top diplomat in Europe... READ MORE›
DESPITE SETBACK MERKEL VOWS TO FOLLOW REFUGEE PLAN
Angela Merkel has led Germany through several crises, Mr. Tauber said... READ MORE›
FRUSTRATED REFUGEE IN GERMANY SETS FIRE TO HIS NEW HOME, POLICE SAY
A similar scene played out in the town of Winsen in the eastern German state of Lower Saxony on Sunday... READ MORE›
CALLS FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES WHO HANDED IN LEIPZIG BOMBER TO BE GIVEN HONOURS
Calls are mounting in Germany for three Syrians who captured a suspected Isil bomber and handed him over to police to be publicly honoured... READ MORE›
MERKEL SAYS POPE FRANCIS URGED HER TO FIGHT FOR PARIS ACCORD
Merkel Says Pope Francis Urged Her to Fight for Paris Climate Accord... READ MORE›
LOSSES FOR MERKEL'S CDU, GAINS FOR AFD
Germany's CDU, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, has suffered historic losses in Berlin state elections... READ MORE›
NATIONALIST PARTY TO TEST MERKEL IN REGIONAL ELECTION
Horst Seehofer, the leader of a Bavarian sister party to Ms. Merkel's conservatives, has been among her loudest critics... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | IS IT TOO LATE FOR THE WEST'S CENTER-LEFT?
Lodewijk Asscher, the Labor party leader and deputy prime minister, laments the center-left's inability to hold onto its working-class base... READ MORE›