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Book Review | Merkel sought strong ties with India, China

Book Review | Merkel sought strong ties with India, China

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s memoir’ Freedom timed its release well. Launched in 30 languages...

4 Jan 2025 7:46 AM

German Chancellor Ang-ela Merkel and her CDU partys general secretary Peter Tauber in Berlin. (Photo: AP)

Weakened Merkel scrambles to form govt with unlikely allies

Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU bloc launched exploratory talks with the liberal and pro-business Free Democrats.

19 Oct 2017 12:52 AM

German Chancellor and candidate of the Christian Democratic Union for the upcoming election Angela Merkel delivers a speech in Dortmund. (Photo: AP)

Refugee issue hits Angela Merkel bid to form government

Merkel met for private talks with her Bavarian CSU allies led by Horst Seehofer.

8 Oct 2017 8:26 PM

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EU needs to chart a new course

The police tried to manhandle those going to vote deepening divisions, for which Madrid belatedly apologised.

8 Oct 2017 7:51 PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

Germany must do a serious rethink

The moderate left Social-Democrats (SPD) did even worse, with some 20 per cent, also their lowest score since 1949.

3 Oct 2017 8:23 PM

$Berlin mayor Michael Mueller congratulated the happy couples and described the first gay nuptials as a \historic event\. (Photo: AFP)$ Newsmakers

Wedding bells ring out as Germany celebrates first gay marriages

Germany becomes the 15th European nation to legalise gay marriage.

1 Oct 2017 4:29 AM

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, speaks with German chancellor Angela Merkel upon her arrival at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny airport in Abidjan on Wednesday, ahead of the Afican Union-European Union summit. (Photo: AFP)

Curb illegal migration into Africa, says Angela Merkel

Libya is the main departure point for African migrants trying to cross to Europe.

30 Nov 2017 12:45 AM

German Chancellor and candidate of the Christian Democratic Union for the upcoming election Angela Merkel delivers a speech in Dortmund. (Photo: AP)

German reckoning

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

28 Sept 2017 12:59 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

Angela Merkel seeks partners in Germany

Five million voters turned their backs on the governing parties, and 1.5 million of them voted for the AfD.

26 Sept 2017 9:47 PM

Cobbling up coalition challenge for Chancellor

Merkel faces tough task of bringing together divergent parties FDP, Greens to form majority government.

25 Sept 2017 8:17 PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

Merkel's top priority: Restore order to EU

Merkel is often billed as the world's most powerful woman.

25 Sept 2017 8:16 PM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo: AP)

Rightward tilt in Germany

Her own authority is somewhat diminished with her alliance losing around eight per cent of its voteshare.

25 Sept 2017 8:15 PM