BERLIN - Angela Merkel's 16-year career as German chancellor came to an end on Wednesday (8) as she handed over to her successor Olaf Scholz at the chancellery in Berlin. "Take ownership of this house and work for the best of our…
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By Melissa Eddy, Katrin Bennhold and Christopher F. Schuetze BERLIN - As Germany’s election results came into sharper focus on Monday (27), no party won a decisive majority but the loser was clear: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian…
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By Katrin Bennhold BERLIN — After 16 years of Angela Merkel as their chancellor, Germans scattered their votes across the political spectrum Sunday (26) in the election to replace her, a fractured return that heralds a messier political…
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By Hui Min Neo and Deborah Cole BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats were running neck and neck in Sunday's (26) vote to decide her successor, exit polls showed, in one of the most…
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By Serge Schmemann Almost every article written about Angela Merkel’s tenure as Germany’s chancellor notes that one of her greatest political strengths has been that she is so often underestimated. In this, she is not unique: Helmut Kohl,…
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By Katrin Bennhold STUTTGART — The small silver star at the tip of Aleksandar Djordjevic’s Mercedes shines bright. He polishes it every week. Djordjevic makes combustion engines for Daimler, one of Germany’s flagship carmakers. He has a…
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By Melissa Eddy BERLIN - Germany will maintain support for Afghans who remain in their country after the deadline for the US troop withdrawal and evacuation mission passes in six days, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday (25). She also…
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By Hui Min Neo BERLIN -Allies and critics alike on Monday (16) condemned the United States over its 20-year NATO campaign in Afghanistan, with a leading German politician slamming the operation as "the biggest debacle" in the alliance's…
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By Melissa Eddy BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday (18) met with survivors and thanked volunteers as she made her way through a village wrecked by the extraordinary floods that have killed at least 183 people in Germany and…
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By Melissa Eddy BERLIN — Angela Merkel is scheduled to arrive at the White House on Thursday (15) for talks with the fourth US president she has known since becoming German chancellor, on a visit partly about policy and partly about legacy…
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