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Angela Merkel elected as German Chancellor for fourth time

Lawmakers voted 364-315 on Wednesday to re-elect Merkel, who ran unopposed. There were nine abstentions.

14 Mar 2018 2:52 PM

Can’t wait longer for coalition: Merkel

Chancellor seeks quick end to last stretch of negotiations.

27 Jan 2018 7:21 AM

Angela Merkel risks leading weak coalition of ‘losers’ for Germany: analysts

Merkel, often called world's most powerful woman, will embark on 4th term with diminished influence and little vision for Europe's future.

13 Jan 2018 4:15 PM

Romanians stage protests against left-wing government, corruption

The demonstrators want the withdrawal of proposed legislation that would overhaul Romania's justice system.

11 Dec 2017 3:42 PM

German reckoning

It poses a challenge, though, for Angela Merkel, whose status as chancellor remains unchallenged, but who is now obliged to forge a new coalition.

28 Sep 2017 6:29 AM

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Angela Merkel's conservatives win election in center-left rivals' heartland

Media showed Merkel's Christian Democratic Union beating the Social Democrats by 33 percent or more to around 31 percent.

15 May 2017 9:55 AM

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