Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party was headed for clear defeats in two German state elections at the hands of popular governors from parties further to the left, exit polls today suggested. It comes six months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds the country’s longtime leader and amid rising dissatisfaction to the country’s … Read more
Just imagine Angela Merkel’s teenage years in the German Democratic Republic. The Berlin Wall was dividing the city, and dozens of her fellow citizens were shot dead when they tried to climb it and escape. Across East Germany, every second German was informing on neighbours and work colleagues to the Stasi secret police. Soviet KGB … Read more
German leaders rebel against Merkel’s strict lockdown and push ahead with easing restrictions amid woefully slow vaccine roll-out Angela Merkel warned Germany faces ‘third wave’ if lockdown lifted too quickly State leaders defied Merkel’s calls, allowing some businesses to open Merkel expected to meet regional heads on March 3 to discuss gradual easing of lockdown … Read more
Germany has been reduced to pleading with citizens to take AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine after scaremongering about the jab led people to reject it. Steffen Seibert, Angela Merkel’s chief spokesman, said this week that the British-made jab is ‘both safe and highly effective’ and will ‘save lives’ as he urged people to take it, just weeks … Read more
BREAKING: Angela Merkel’s centre-right party elects Armin Laschet as new leader to replace her ahead of national elections in September Laschet, governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, is seen as continuity candidate He will lead the Christian Democratic Union party into September’s election Merkel announced two years ago she would step down at the end of her … Read more
Car crashes into gates of Angela Merkel’s office ahead of German leader’s meeting to discuss extending lockdown By Tim Stickings For Mailonline and Reuters Published: 09:30 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 09:38 GMT, 25 November 2020 A car was seen crashing into the gate of the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin … Read more