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Scholz Takes Over as German Chancellor, Ending Merkel Era
BERLIN—Social Democrat Olaf Scholz became Germany's chancellor on Wednesday, ending 16 years of conservative rule under Angela Merkel and launching his three-way coalition that has pledged to boost green investment ...
December 8, 2021
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Dismissed: Germany’s Merkel Becomes Caretaker Chancellor
BERLIN—Angela Merkel took a step closer to political retirement Tuesday after receiving her formal dismissal certificate from the ...
October 26, 2021
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Poland Will Not Be ‘Blackmailed’ Into Accepting European Union Laws, PM Morawiecki Says
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday that his country will not bow to the European Union’s ...
October 22, 2021
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Merkel Says Germany May Need to Rescue 10,000 People From Afghanistan
BERLIN—Germany must urgently evacuate up to 10,000 people from Afghanistan for whom its has responsibility, Chancellor Angela Merkel ...
August 16, 2021
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Biden Says Communism Is a ‘Failed System’ and Cuba a ‘Failed State’
The authoritarian and communist regime of Cuba is a "failed state" and universally, communism is a "failed system," ...
July 16, 2021
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EU Lawmakers Pledge to Reject China Investment Deal Over Sanctions, Rights Concerns
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) have vowed to reject the EU–China investment agreement that's awaiting ratification, because ...
May 3, 2021
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Did Xi Jinping Escape Beijing With Other Top CCP Leaders, as Infections Spread
Public reporting from within China shows some anomalies among top-level CCP officials, suggesting that many of them may ...
June 24, 2020
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tests Negative for Coronavirus
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has tested negative for COVID-19, according to her spokesman. Steffen Seibert told news outlets ...
March 23, 2020
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Doctor Weighs In on Possible Cause of Merkel’s Shaking
Germany’s Angela Merkel has been seen trembling for a third time in public over the past month, leading ...
July 11, 2019
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Germany’s Merkel Says She’s OK After Shaking at Ceremony
BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared unsteady and was visibly shaking on June 18 as she greeted the new ...
June 18, 2019
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German SPD Leader Quits in Blow to Merkel’s Loveless Coalition
BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Germany—Andrea Nahles said on June 2 she would resign as leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), raising ...
June 3, 2019
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Germany’s New Conservative Leader Distances Herself From Merkel’s Migration Legacy
BERLIN—The new leader of Germany's ruling Christian Democrats, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, unveiled plans for a tightening of immigration rules, ...
February 12, 2019
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Merkel Drops Hint of ‘Creative’ Brexit Compromise
TOKYO—German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Feb. 4 offered a way to break the deadlock over the United Kingdom's ...
February 4, 2019
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German Student Admits to Data Hack That Hit Merkel and Others
WIESBADEN, Germany—A student has confessed to one of Germany's biggest data breaches, ending the mystery of who hacked ...
January 8, 2019
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Merkel’s Falling Star Outshone by Party Protégé, Poll Shows
BERLIN—Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the new leader of Germany's Christian Democrats, heads into 2019 more popular than Chancellor Angela Merkel, ...
December 31, 2018
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Merkel’s Would-Be Successor Questions Germany’s Constitutional Asylum Pledge
Friedrich Merz, trailing in the race to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU) ...
November 22, 2018
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German Conservatives Back Merkel’s Bid for Party Leadership
BERLIN—Senior German conservatives have backed Chancellor Angela Merkel's bid for re-election as chairwoman of the Christian Democrats (CDU) ...
October 8, 2018
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German Chancellor Merkel Takes Gamble With New Immigration Law
BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes a new immigration law will make it easier for foreign workers to find ...
September 24, 2018
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German Spy Scandal Exposes Deep Divisions in Merkel Government
BERLIN—A scandal over migrants being chased through the streets has exposed a rift between Angela Merkel and Germany's ...
September 17, 2018
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German Cabinet OKs Military Mission Against ISIS in Syria
The German Cabinet approved plans Tuesday to commit up to 1,200 soldiers to support the international coalition fighting ...
December 1, 2015
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Germany’s Merkel Grapples With Strife at Home Over Migrants
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been looking unusually vulnerable as she prepares to meet the world's top leaders ...
November 13, 2015
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Germany’s Merkel Arrives in Bosnia to Back Economic Reform
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Sarajevo, the last stop of her Balkan tour that included Albania ...
July 9, 2015
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German Prosecutors Close Merkel Cellphone Spying Probe
German prosecutors on Friday closed their investigation into the alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone by the ...
June 12, 2015
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Is the European Union to Die For?
The creation of the European Community was specifically meant to put to bed the national passions that gave ...
July 6, 2014
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Cameron Warns U.K. Could ‘Quit’ European Union (Video)
German news magazine Der Spiegel has reported that British PM David Cameron warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel that ...
June 2, 2014
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Angela Merkel Tops Forbes’ List of 100 Most Powerful Women (Highlights)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops Forbes' list of the 100 most powerful women of 2014.
May 28, 2014
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