Germany swears in new Chancellor Olaf Scholz
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Germany’s Merkel Won’t Interfere in Choice of Party Leader
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she won’t try to interfere with her center-right party’s choice of a new leader and its candidate to succeed her at the helm of the government. German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media as part of a meeting with Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland, at the chancellery in Berlin,…
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Worries on the horizon for Angela Merkel
From climate change and trembling spells to a trembling government, German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces many challenges as she returns to office post-vacation. Chancellor Angela Merkel sat down on Wednesday as she welcomed Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in Berlin to the tune of military bands playing national anthems outside the chancellery. This was the third time she has chosen to…
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Circular firing squad: Germany’s long-awaited government might yet prove to have critical weaknesses
The German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) (L), the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) (C) and the Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) (R) hold a discussion in the German parliament on March 22, 2018. © M. Popow / Global Look Press No sooner has Germany finally got its new government than its head engages in…
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Merkel 4.0: Top priorities of Germany’s new government
Here’s a look at the main priorities set out in their coalition agreement, which will guide policy-making for the next four years. BERLIN: Angela Merkel finally begins her fourth term as chancellor Wednesday, ending nearly six months of political deadlock in Germany since September’s inconclusive election. As her conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the centre-left Social…
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German nightmare – how Germany faces MONTHS without government if Merkel WINS election
GERMANY could face months without a working government after the country’s election because Angela Merkel’s potential coalition parties are at loggerheads. Polls show Mrs Merkel is well on course to finish top of the polls but will have to negotiate a coalition with at least one other party. Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party had…
