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The transition to net zero emissions is under grave threat if governments do not do more to address the potential unfairness of some climate policies.
Police lead Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss away from a house in Hessen, Frankfurt after a raid on December 7.
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A group touting revisionist visions of German history wanted to install minor aristocrat Heinrich XIII as German leader.
Annalena Baerbock, Green candidate for chancellor, reacts to her party’s third place in the German elections.
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The German national flag waves from the top of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany.
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Following the German election, all of the country’s major party leaders agreed that Germany needs to move forward. But if the electorate had had its way, it would have re-elected Angela Merkel.
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With a very close result as counting continues, it could be weeks or even months before a government is formed. But Sunday’s election has already delivered some significant results.
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After a prolonged campaign, Germany’s biggest coalition has chosen the man who will lead it into September’s general election.
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As her 16-year reign as German Chancellor comes to an end, Merkel will be remembered for her staunch centrism and her willingness to wait to sense the political mood - sometimes then changing course.
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She won’t stand again in 2021 – and it’s unlikely she’ll last until then either.
She’s down, but is she out?
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German politics is experiencing a major shift. Merkel knows her time is up.
A rally of right-wing protestors in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, in early September.
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In the mid-1980s Germany was wracked by a toxic ‘Asyldebatte’ that bears similarities to what’s happening today.
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If you believe everything you read, Germany is facing the abyss. But there’s actually a lot to be hopeful about.
Man the lifeboats!
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The new coalition’s spending plans will ramp up Italy’s annual budget by over €100 billion a year.
Under the grand coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany is looking towards a new approach for their refugee policy.
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The German approach to refugees is becoming increasingly binary: if you are not a refugee, you must leave; if you are a refugee, you must integrate.
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The SPD is in government with Angela Merkel again after signing a coalition deal. But life has been harder for the social democrats.
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Martin Schulz could face a major backlash from his own party after breaking his promise not to enter government with Angela Merkel’s CDU again.
Giving a new ‘GroKo’ coalition the go-ahead.
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Germany’s Social Democrat Party leadership voted in favour of a new coalition with Angela Merkel’s block – but it’s far from plain sailing ahead.
Esther Utjiua Muinjangue commemorates the victims of the German colonial genocide in Namibia.
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In mid-2015 the German Foreign Office after decades of denial seemingly acceded, in a very informal way, to labelling what had happened in South West Africa as genocide, is now backtracking.
Upbeat delegates at the December 2017 conference of Germany’s anti-immigration party, the AfD.
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Over three months since Germans voted in national elections, preliminary talks are due to start Jan. 7 on forming a coalition government. What has taken so long?
Refugees in Greece seeking reunification with family in Germany.
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The issue of whether to allow refugees to bring their close family to Germany has been a sticking point in coalition negotiations.
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Martin Schulz has said he’d rather go back into opposition than agree to another grand coalition. But is that sensible?