Migration pushes German population to recordof 83m
Germany’s population last year reached a record high of 83 million people due to positive net migration that easily offset a chronic deficit in births,
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Merkel to press Greece on reforms during rare Athens visit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge Greece to press on with tough economic reforms and maintain strict fiscal discipline when she visits Athens on Thursday
After delaying Brexit vote, May looks set to face leadership challenge
By Costas Pitas and Michelle Martin An attempt to oust British Prime Minister Theresa May looked to be gathering momentum on Tuesday, a day
Merkel protege seeks to unite German CDU after divisive leadership battle
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the new leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s Christian Democrats, sought to bind the party together after a divisive leadership battle by promoting a rival’s
German CDU elects Kramp-Karrenbauer as new party leader
Germany’s Christian Democrats elected Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Friday to replace Angela Merkel as party leader, a decision that moves her into pole position to succeed
Merkel steps down as CDU party leader
Angela Merkel bowed out as leader of her Christian Democrats on Friday with an emotional speech to her conservative party as it met to pick
Merkel’s potential successor questions sacrosanct asylum pledge
A conservative running to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as head of their party has raised an outcry by questioning Germany’s constitutional guarantee of asylum that
Germany’s Merkel calls for a European Union military
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Tuesday for an integrated European Union military, echoing language used by French President Emmanuel Macron last week which irritated
German spy chief attacks ‘naive’ left, reopens coalition row
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer faced calls on Monday to dismiss the outgoing head of domestic intelligence from a new advisory role, after the spy
Merkel ally wants tough message on sex crimes for refugees
Asylum seekers must be taught that Germany has zero tolerance for sex crimes, its migration commissioner said, following widespread shock over the rape of an
Factbox: Candidates to succeed Merkel as CDU party leader
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will not seek re-election as leader of the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) at a congress in December. Merkel,
Merkel will not seek re-election as CDU party chair (Update 2)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would not seek re-election as party chairwoman and that her fourth term as chancellor would be her last, heralding
German SPD leader gives Merkel an ultimatum after state vote losses
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s junior coalition partners gave her conservatives until next year to deliver more policy results, threatening to end their alliance if there is
Bavaria election humbles Merkel allies, raising tensions in Berlin
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies suffered their worst election result since 1950 on Sunday, bleeding votes to the far-right and the ecologist Greens in a
Merkel under fire over right-wing radicalism in Saxony
Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s conservatives faced accusations on Thursday of ignoring the rise of far-right groups in the eastern German state of Saxony after an incident there
Seehofer hard line threatens Merkel’s fragile immigration truce
Germany will have to go its own way on immigration if it cannot get other European Union states to sign up to migrant return deals,
Interior minister offers to resign, in blow to German coalition
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer offered his resignation to party colleagues late on Sunday, party officials said, escalating a row over migration with Chancellor Angela
European leaders back Merkel on migration before summit (Update)
European leaders promised to help Chancellor Angela Merkel tackle a crisis in the bloc’s migration policies on Thursday, offering the weakened German leader vital support before a
Merkel’s government frays as migrant row festers
The conservative alliance headed by Angela Merkel may splinter in a row over immigration, an ally of Germany’s Chancellor said on Friday, as the third party in
Merkel struggles to avert German coalition crisis on migrants
German Chancellor Angela Merkel struggled on Thursday to find a compromise on migrant policy with her rebelling Bavarian allies, hoping to avert a crisis in her coalition
