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Ballots counted to determine Angela Merkel’s successor
The Labour Party like everyone else will be watching the results in Germany very closely.
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Angela Merkel backs her centre-right party candidate Laschet amid tight election
Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed her centre-right party’s candidate Armin Laschet to succeed her, as Germans head to the polls tomorrow.
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Merkel ‘governed by spreadsheet rather than tweet’, says biographer
From Switzerland, we spoke to Professor Matt Qvortrup, who has written Angela Merkel’s biography.
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Eurozone, refugee and Covid crises: Angela Merkel’s 16 years in power
Angela Merkel has done something rather rare in European politics these days.
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German floods: Merkel visits disaster zone, pledging to step up climate action
Angela Merkel has promised quick financial aid for the parts of western Germany devastated by flooding and has vowed to step up efforts to tackle climate change.
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Angela Merkel says UK-Germany travel restrictions could be eased ‘in the foreseeable future’
Boris Johnson hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Chequers on her last official visit to the UK before she leaves power in September. After lunch with Mr Johnson she also had tea with the Queen.
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Merkel could be prepared to pay EU countries to quarantine British tourists, German MP says
We spoke to the German MP Alexander von Lambsdorff, who spent many years in the European parliament where he led the European Liberals and Democrats group.
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Auf she goes: how Merkel made Germany great again
Our Europe Editor, Matt Frei, explains how Merkel became the powerful presence she is today, someone uniquely qualified for the role: a unifier, a pragmatist, the most talented politician of her generation.
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Germany to ease lockdown rules, Angela Merkel says
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that some shops will open next week, with the first schools set to resume on 4 May.
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Brexit deal ‘essentially impossible’ after PM’s call with Merkel, source claims
Tonight, the chances of a Brexit deal appear to be slim or none. Or at least, that seems to be the message from a “frank” phone call between Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel.
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Brexit: Merkel gives Johnson 30 days to solve backstop issues
Ahead of Boris Johnson’s arrival in Berlin, the prospect of progress on a renegotiated deal had not looked great. The EU has always insisted that the backstop is the only solution for avoiding a hard border in Ireland – and they had no intention of scrapping it as the Prime Minister had demanded.
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May meets Merkel and Macron seeking Brexit extension
Whilst Theresa May was in Paris and Berlin, back home in the Commons, 97 of her MPs voted against her desire for a Brexit extension and 80 Tory MPs, including 12 ministers, did not vote at all.
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Merkel in Dublin for Brexit talks with Irish PM
Angela Merkel has promised to stand with Ireland every step of the way, vowing to do everything she can to prevent a No-Deal Brexit. Speaking after a meeting in Dublin with the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, she said she still hoped for an orderly Brexit. Our business editor Siobhan Kennedy has spent the day…
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Can Merkel break Brexit deadlock?
Amid global fragmentation, Angela Merkel’s speech at Davos was loaded with appeals to heal divisions. But does that extend to breaking the deadlock of Brexit?
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Germany’s ruling party chooses Merkel protégé as new chairman
It’s the end of an era in Germany. The Christian Democrat party has chosen a new leader after 18 years with Angela Merkel at the helm. Her successor is a close ally and very much in the same mould. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer narrowly defeated Friedrich Merz, a one-time Merkel rival, in a run-off at the party congress in…
