Tag: Chancellor Angela Merkel
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Social Democrats narrowly beat Merkel’s bloc in German vote
Despite getting its worst-ever result in a federal contest, the Union bloc said it too would reach out to smaller parties to discuss forming a government, while Merkel stays on in a caretaker role until a successor is sworn in.
September 27, 2021 -
Three-horse race
The Christian Democrat Helmut Kohl (1982-1998) was mocked by the German left as a provincial wannabe but the wily powerbroker became a towering figure of European, even world, politics, presiding over German reunification, deepening and enlarging of the European Union, and the introduction of the Euro.
August 9, 2021 -
Merkel’s predicament
Mrs Merkel's conservative party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), suffered heavy losses in the south-western states of Baden-Wurttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.
March 18, 2021 -
Merkel calls Macron’s NATO ‘brain death’ comment ‘sweeping judgement’
Macron's comments came after the US president decided to pull troops out of north-eastern Syria last month without consulting his allies which initiated an offensive by the Turkish forces on Kurds.
November 8, 2019 -
Merkel bids for fourth term as Germans head to the polls
Chancellor Angela Merkel was widely expected to win a fourth term in office as Germans went to the polls today in an election that is also likely to see the farthest right-wing party in 60 years, the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany, win seats in parliament. Merkel campaigned on her record as chancellor for 12 years,...
September 24, 2017