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Angela Merkel is on course for victory but she will need to form a coalition, and there’s more than one way to make that happen.
Follow the money to see if Angela Merkel is on course for a fourth term as chancellor after the September vote.
Looking like a centrist, but governing as a conservative, Angela Merkel has cleared the decks before the coming German election.
Trump’s travel ban is an echo of policies passed in the United States during World War II.
The former foreign minister is uniquely placed to encourage Germany to take a more active role in the world.
The Berlin terror attack at the end of 2016 will have major political implications for Germany’s elections this year and an uneasy European Union, writes a German studies scholar.
The high profile attack will polarise an already strained political debate in Germany.
In reelection bid, Merkel’s not just up against a xenophobic, nationalist party in Germany. In the wake of Trump’s election, liberal democracies around the world hope she’ll defend them, too.
Past research suggests governing parties often take a hit in mid-term regional votes before recovering in national contests.
A German culture scholar looks at how rising fear of terror and a week of violence has affected German media and politics. Will Germany’s open refugee policies last?
Rule one: don’t lose ‘ownership’ of the issue.
It’s true that the establishment has been shaken, but immigration isn’t the only reason voters are looking elsewhere.
Angela Merkel is entering her first proper war by joining the campaign against Islamic State.
When it comes to Europe, Germany can’t win either way.
Angela Merkel’s visit to London could hardly have been given a bigger billing; a speech to both houses of parliament, lunch with the prime minister and then tea with the Queen. David Cameron clearly had…
When in 1987 Margaret Thatcher won the third of her three elections in the UK, she was at the height of her powers. She governed in almost monarchical style, her (internal and external) opponents either…
The results of the German election have been described as a triumph for Angela Merkel. Her Christian Democrats bounced back from their second-worst result since 1949 to heights they have not seen since…
Germans go to the polls this weekend to elect a new four-year parliament – the Bundestag. Barring something extraordinary a coalition headed by Angela Merkel will be returned. But, despite what some commentators…
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