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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›
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 AS WOUNDED ENEMIES PILE UP
But the episode appeared to harm the FDP more than Merkel... 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›
GERMAN PRESIDENT HOLDS TALKS WITH PARTY HEADS IN BID TO STEER COUNTRY TO STABILITY
Earlier, Mr Steinmeier met separately with the leaders of the Green Party, who have said they are willing to resume talks... 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 POLITICAL GRANDEES PRESS PARTIES TO COMPROMISE FOR STABILITY
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with Social Democratic Party SPD leader Martin Schulz as they attend a meeting of the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, November 21, 2017... 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›
'BETTER NOT TO GOVERN THAN TO GOVERN BADLY'
Chancellor Angela Merkel was left battling for political survival Monday after high-stakes talks to form a new government collapsed... 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›
MERKEL'S PARTY LOSES ELECTION IN GERMAN STATE OF LOWER SAXONY
The far-right populist Alternative fuer Deutschland AfD gained 5.9 percent of the votes, thus entering the 14th state parliaments in Germany... READ MORE›
'BURQA BAN' LAW SIGNALS RIGHTWARD POLITICAL TURN IN AUSTRIA
Under Chancellor Christian Kern, the Social Democrats are focusing on social topics and claiming credit for Austria's recent economic upturn... READ MORE›
GERMANY'S ANGELA MERKEL REMAINS ANCHOR OF STABILITY FOR UNITED STATES
Merkel's previous partner in the so-called grand coalition, the center-left SPD, has indicated that it will not become part of a new government... READ MORE›
'A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LEFT BEHIND'
'A lot of people feel left behind' voters on the far-right surge in Germany... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | LIKE GERMANY'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, LEFT-WING PARTIES ARE LOSING GROUND ACROSS EUROPE
The Social Democrats Party SPD party leader Martin Schulz at SPD's headquarters on June 19... READ MORE›
DISMAY AS HARD-RIGHT AFD WINS PARLIAMENT SEATS IN GERMAN ELECTION
The Alternative for Germany AfD on Sunday became the first hard-right, openly anti-immigration party to win dozens of seats in parliament since World War... READ MORE›
WEAKENED MERKEL WINS FOURTH TERM, ROCKED BY NATIONALIST 'EARTHQUAKE'
Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany's election Sunday, but her victory was clouded by the entry into parliament of the hard-right Af... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL FACES STARK CHOICE BETWEEN COALITION OR MINORITY RULE
Coalition talks between the CDU and AfD have been ruled out by both parties... 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›
ELECTION GIVES GERMANY'S FAR RIGHT WHAT IT HAS SOUGHT
Related Articles We will chase Ms Merkel, said AfD co-leader Alexander Gauland after first projections showed big gains for the far-right on Sunday... READ MORE›
FAR-RIGHT RETURNS TO GERMAN PARLIAMENT FOR FIRST TIME IN 60 YEARS AS ANGELA MERKEL WINS 4TH TERM
But Germany's system of coalition government will limit the impact of the AfD as mainstream parties unite against it... READ MORE›
MERKEL WIN COULD PAVE THE WAY
I think, she Angela Merkel will win and she is a very good friend of China... READ MORE›
FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM GERMANY'S ELECTION
They begun in 2013 as a eurosceptic party but shifted to the right after Angela Merkel let around a million migrants into Germany two years ago... READ MORE›
GERMANY'S FAR RIGHT ESTABLISHES A BEACHHEAD IN PARLIAMENT
We will chase Ms. Merkel, said AfD co-leader Alexander Gauland after first projections showed big gains for the far-right on Sunday... 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›
MERKEL AND TRUMP, WHO DISAGREE ABOUT EVERYTHING, MEET TUESDAY
Trump has accused the leader of Europe's most powerful country of ruining Germany because of lenient asylum policies that allowed in more than 1 million migrants since 2015... 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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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 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›
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›
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›
GERMAN POLICE INVESTIGATE PROBABLE TERROR ATTACK IN BERLIN
Berlin, a divided frontline city with an Allied military presence during the Cold War, has largely avoided major attacks for decades... 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›
18 ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE TIED TO ATTACKS ON WOMEN IN GERMANY
The Interior Ministry said 18 of the 31 people identified so far as suspects in the violence in Cologne had applied for asylum in Germany... 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›
POLL GAP BETWEEN MERKEL'S CONSERVATIVES, SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SHRINKS TO 4 POINTS
The SPD, which a week ago appointed Martin Schulz as leader, scored 29 percent in the survey published in newspaper Bild am Sonntag... 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›