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After busy first 100 days, Germany's Friedrich Merz faces discord at homeGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz has driven sweeping changes in security, economic and migration policy during his first 100 days in office...- Friedrich Merz fails to be elected chancellor by German parliamentFriedrich Merz, the German conservative leader, failed to secure the necessary parliamentary majority to become chancellor in the initial v...
- Germany to end 3-year expedited citizenship path for well-integrated immigrantsGermany's upcoming government, led by the CDU/CSU and SPD, will abolish the 3-year fast-track citizenship for immigrants. This reverses a p...
- German election winner Merz starts talks on forming govtGermany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz has initiated coalition talks with the Social Democrats (SPD) following their election victory...
- Germany elections: The biggest winners and losers, and why AfD's rise is significantFriedrich Merz has led the Christian Democrats to victory in Germany's election. The 69-year-old politician will now enter into talks with ...
- Germany election 2025: Major parties, issues and polls — Who will win in Europe’s largest economy?The Ukraine war, migration and the economy are some of the central issues that voters will be looking at. The far-right AfD is likely to se...
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party soundly beaten at German regional voteThe Social Democrats saw their vote share diminish to around 16 percent from 27.3 percent in the last election in 2017, exit polls by natio...
- Germany in political limbo after Social Democrats' narrow winFinance Minister Olaf Scholz, who led the Social Democrats' (SPD) campaign, said Europe's biggest power would not be thrown off by the powe...
- Conservatives, social democrats tied in vote to decide Angela Merkel successorMerkel has been in power since 2005 but plans to step down after the election, making the vote an era-changing event to set the future cour...
- Angela Merkel woos her opponents with vista of another grand coalition“I don’t understand why the SPD never said a good word about the grand coalition during the election campaign,” said Merkel, Europe’s longe...
- Merkel's conservatives clinch victory in key state vote -exit pollsGERMANY-ELECTION-NRW-EXITPOLL:Merkel's conservatives clinch victory in key state vote -exit polls
- Martin Schulz steps down as EU Parliament Chief to enter German politicsSchulz, a Social Democrat, has led the European Union’s legislature since 2012.
- Indian-origin Ashok Sridharan becomes mayor of Germany's Bonn cityAshok Sridharan, a mayoral candidate of Chancellor Angela Merkel-led Christian Democratic Union, has comprehensively won the election in Bo...
- German leftists set to head first regional stateCoalition leaders announced that dealing with the communist past of eastern Germany will be a main focus of the new government's policy.
- Anti-euro party Alternative for Germany gains political ground in eastern GermanyThe Alternative for Germany (AfD) party polled 12.2 per cent and 10.6 per cent of the votes respectively in yesterday's elections.
- Eurpoean Union partly to blame for Ukraine crisis: Sigmar GabrielEurope is partly to blame for the crisis in Ukraine although this is no excuse for Russian behaviour towards the former Soviet republic.
- German Greens pull out of coalition talks with Angela MerkelGermany's Green party today pulled out of coalition talks with Angela Merkel's CDU, leaving the Chancellor to focus on discussions with the...
- German parties begin preliminary coalition talksAngela Merkel and the rival who came a distant second in last month's national election held a first round of preliminary talks.
- Germany agrees on new 50-billion-euro economic boostGermany's ruling coalition has reached agreement on a 50-billion-euro (70-billion-dollar) economic stimulus plan over the next two years, r...
- German foreign minister to challenge Merkel for top jobGermany's centre-left SPD set up an election showdown today, picking current foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as its candidate to f...
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