Despite internal grumblings and an all-time low in opinion polls, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Social Democrats are making a show of defiance, confidence and hope. The mood was grim when 600 delegates from Germany’s […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has addressed lawmakers about his coalition government’s budget crisis. Ministers must fill a hole in state finances after a bombshell Constitutional Court ruling on borrowing. Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, […]
People in Germany will have to pay for rapid Covid-19 tests themselves from Monday, with exceptions for people who cannot be vaccinated, including children under 12. The tests had been offered free across Germany since […]
The German Bundestag has re-elected Angela Merkel Chancellor. In the first round of voting, she won 364 of 692 votes cast. Angela Merkel accepted the result of the vote. This is the fourth time that […]
With three state elections and the Bundestag vote in the fall, 2017 is a decisive year in German politics. With Chancellor Angela Merkel up for a fourth term and the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) […]
Germany and Europe is mourning the loss of a great statesman, visionary, and fearless fighter for a united Europe: Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl died at the age of 87 on June 16, 2017 at his […]
DW reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel is a big step closer to a fourth term while her SPD opponent Martin Schulz has been considerably weakened. No, there are no primaries in Germany. And Germans cannot […]
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to the press on Tuesday, December 20, about the attack on Breitscheidplatz: “This is a very difficult day. I, like millions of people in Germany, am horrified, shocked, and deeply saddened […]
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone with US President-elect Donald Trump on November 10, 2016, and once again congratulated him on his election victory. She said she was looking forward to welcoming him in Germany, […]
Angela Merkel managed to come across as self-critical but defiant at the same time. She took full responsibility for the record-breaking bad performance of her party at the state elections. But at the same she […]
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