The two leading candidates to succeed Angela Merkel are presenting a distinct choice about Germany's role in the world, between pragmatic continuity and a more assertive stance, particularly with regard to China and Russia.
According to a new study by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the mood for political change in Germany has reached a record level - just four months before nationwide elections.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged the United States to export coronavirus vaccines made on its soil, as
she rejected a patent waiver call from Washington for the jabs.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged industrialised nations not to let the enormous financial toll of the
coronavirus pandemic deter them from investing in the fight against climate change.
The World Health Organization announced Wednesday it would set up a global data hub in Berlin to analyse information
on emerging pandemic threats, filling the gaps exposed by Covid-19.
After EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said fully vaccinated Americans would in future be allowed to travel to Europe, we looked at what the situation might be for travel to, from and within Germany in the coming months.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel extended her "heartfelt sympathy" to Israel for the massive stampede at a densely packed Jewish pilgrimage site that killed at least 44 people on Friday, her spokesman said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says vaccinated people, as well as those who have recovered from Covid, will have more freedoms - and has promised that the strict priority list for vaccines will be lifted in June at the latest.
Tensions simmered among Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives on Friday as the State Premier of Bavaria openly criticised the man who beat him in a bruising battle to lead the alliance into elections.
A sea change in German politics began this
week with two leading parties announcing their candidates to succeed Angela
Merkel at September's elections, when the veteran chancellor will bow out from
politics.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said
Wednesday that the European Union needs more power to coordinate the bloc's
response to health crises like the coronavirus pandemic, and did not rule out
a treaty change to secure them.
Armin Laschet had looked down and out in the
race to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's next chancellor, facing dismal
public approval ratings and ridicule over his inconsistent virus management.
Angela Merkel's conservative party early on Tuesday firmly backed Armin Laschet to be the conservative bloc's chancellor candidate at Germany's upcoming elections, hoping to draw a line under a bitter battle with challenger Markus Söder.
The German government is trying to introduce uniform Covid-19 rules for badly-hit areas. But before the plans pass into law, politicians are having a rethink on curfews and schools.
Germany's Green party on Monday named its co-chair Annalena Baerbock as their candidate to succeed Angela Merkel, throwing down the gauntlet to the chancellor's conservatives who were locked in increasingly vicious infighting for her crown.
The leader of Angela Merkel's party warned of a "polarising" election campaign Monday as Germany's conservatives prepared for fresh talks over the bitter battle to succeed the chancellor at upcoming elections.
As a former medal-winning trampolinist, Annalena Baerbock is used to aiming high. But the 40-year-old's next move may be her boldest yet, as she sets her sights on becoming Germany's first Green chancellor.
As the coronavirus emergency in Germany worsens, the government is set to seize power from states to implement measures - but regions are already getting tougher with extra Covid rules.
Two conservative leaders locked in battle for Angela Merkel's crown failed to reach a deal by their self-imposed
deadline, pushing the chancellor's CDU-CSU alliance deeper into crisis Monday
months before elections.
Germany's opposition Greens will name Monday their candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at September's general election,
challenging the chancellor's conservatives who are locked in increasingly vicious infighting for her crown.
A bruising internal struggle to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel has left Germany's once stable ruling conservatives in disarray and on the brink of implosion less than six months ahead of elections in September.
The German government is in the process of taking more control from the federal states in the fight against the pandemic to replace the current patchwork of rules. Here's what you should know.
