German Chancellor Angela Merkel

According to Der Spiegel, a telephone conversation took place on the day of Puigdemont's arrest in Germany between key members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government. Justice Minister Katarina Barley, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Chancellery head Helge Braun and Hans-Georg Engelke, ...

BERLIN — She was an obscure gynecologist in a central German town who never intended to stoke a debate that is driving a wedge into Chancellor Angela Merkel's new government. But faced with a fine under a Nazi-era law for publishing information about abortion on the website of her gynecological ...

Paul Hockenos is the author of "Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, the Wall and the Birth of the New Berlin." The opinions in this article belong to the author. (CNN) After six long months of coalition talks, the new German government of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats finally got off to a start ...

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel, having just formed her fourth government, has established herself as one of Europe's longest-serving leaders. But she enters her new term of office in a weakened position, and speculation has been turning to her possible successors. In last year's general election ...

She's been chancellor of Germany for 12 years, reduced to a caretaker for the past six months until she could form a new government. Today (March 21), Angela Merkel gave the first speech of her latest term to parliament, addressing the controversial topic of migrants and their place in German society.

An image purportedly showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė together at a party in their teens appeared on social media in March 2018, along with an insinuation that it shows proof of some sort of sinister global conspiracy:.

(CNN) Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany after lawmakers voted to re-elect her as leader in a close vote on Wednesday morning. She will now begin a historic fourth term as Chancellor. The vote in parliament ended almost six months of political turmoil after a federal election saw ...

Merkel and Macron BACKLASH: EU countries slap down major Eurozone reform plans. EIGHT EU countries have warned Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron not to push ahead with radical eurozone reforms as the bloc's united front begins to crumble. By Tom Parfitt Tom Parfitt. PUBLISHED: 17:22, Thu, ...

Angela Merkel has always been an underrated politician—a woman from the East who succeeded in a very traditional political system. Indeed, one of her great legacies will be the number of women in German politics today. Although she is seen now as relatively weak, the next few years give her another ...

London: Now she finally has a government to lead, Angela Merkel is free to pursue her legacy – and that is likely to include new safeguards to protect Europe from China's growing economic and political influence. Merkel has reportedly told close aides that China's strategic interests in Europe have become ...

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2018 file photo German Chancellor and party chairwoman Angela Merkel smiles at the party convention of the Christian Democratic Union CDU in Berlin. The members of the Social Democratic party voted for a coalition agreement with Merkel's party paving the way for Merkel's fourth ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes coalition deal, wants to get new government in place quickly. By The Associated Press. BERLIN — Mar 5, 2018, 4:08 AM ET. 0 Shares. Email. Star. 0 Shares. Email. German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes coalition deal, wants to get new government in place quickly.

In Germany, rank-and-file Social Democrats averted a crisis for Chancellor Angela Merkel by voting in favor of another coalition government, despite grass-roots discontent. (Above, the announcement of voting results was closely watched on Sunday.) [The New York Times]. • In Washington, investigators ...

Angela Merkel has said it is important that a new government gets to work quickly after the longest period of coalition-building in post-war Germany. She said she would work to secure jobs and prosperity, and promised to provide a strong voice for Germany in the EU. The chancellor is set to form her fourth ...

(BERLIN) — Germany ended months of political uncertainty Sunday when Chancellor Angela Merkel gained the support needed to preserve her governing coalition and secure a fourth term as leader of Europe's most powerful economy. The center-left Social Democrats voted overwhelmingly to remain in a ...

BERLIN — Germany's Social Democrats voted in favor of forming another government with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, ending nearly six months of political limbo and setting Europe's economic powerhouse on a path to the political stability it craves — at least for now. The results announced ...

Angela Merkel will get her fourth term as Germany's chancellor. Members of the Social Democratic Party, the SPD, voted to get into government with her again. Yet neither the SPD nor Merkel's Christian Democratic Union are cheering the idea of four more years in power. Merkel may not be a 'dead woman ...

... and says start of his European project. ANGELA Merkel and Emmanuel Macron can now embark on their push for European dominance together after the embattled German Chancellor secured a coalition deal this morning. By Vickiie Oliphant. PUBLISHED: 12:06, Sun, Mar 4, 2018 | UPDATED: 13:55, Sun, Mar 4, 2018 ...

It was familiar stagecraft, except for one thing: The woman basking in praise from the Christian Democratic Union was not Angela Merkel but the politician seen as her chosen heir apparent, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. Dubbed “mini-Merkel” by the German news media, Ms. Kramp-Karrenbauer was ...

Bankruptcy, wrote Ernest Hemingway, happens in two ways — 'gradually and then suddenly'. By now, Angela Merkel will be beginning to fear that her remarkable career is about to move into that second motion. Barely a year ago, she was being talked about as the leader of the free world. Now she is ...

BERLIN — After more than four months of tortuous negotiations, with her fate and Germany's hanging in the balance, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday announced a deal for a new government. But it was telling that Ms. Merkel, in power for 12 years, looked more weary than jubilant. The new deal ...