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‘Angela, please forgive me’: Putin apologises to former German chancellor as he tried to frighten her with his pet dog

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Five book covers, including Elon Musk and The Chancellor
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Leadership

Germany is reluctant to send heavy weapons to Ukraine. The country’s history—and a now-debunked trade theory—help explain why

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June 13, 2022
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU, L) greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives for an international summit on securing peace in Libya at the German federal Chancellery on January 19, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
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Angela Merkel’s battle to defend her legacy on Russia and Ukraine shows how harshly decisions can be reappraised

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June 8, 2022
A soldier in Switzerland prepares vaccine doses.
Health

Germany’s new health minister delivers a bombshell: The country doesn’t have enough COVID-19 vaccines

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December 15, 2021
Angela Merkel’s 16-year rule ends as German parliament elects Olaf Scholz chancellor
Leadership

Angela Merkel’s 16-year rule ends as German parliament elects Olaf Scholz chancellor

By Patrick Donahue, Arne Delfs and Bloomberg
December 8, 2021
How Germany’s ‘traffic light coalition’ intends to tackle challenges in a post-Merkel world
Commentary

How Germany’s ‘traffic light coalition’ intends to tackle challenges in a post-Merkel world

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December 6, 2021
SPD candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz talks to media representatives on the fringes of the federal Jusos congress.
Health

Europe’s leaders turn to vaccine mandates as the winter COVID wave worsens, and Omicron looms

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December 1, 2021
(From L to R) Christian Lindner of the German Free Democrats (FDP), Olaf Scholz of the German Social Democrats (SPD and Annalene Baerbock and Robert Habeck of the Greens Party present their mutually-agreed on coalition contract to the media on November 24, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.
Politics

More pay, less coal and legalized cannabis: Germany’s new leadership maps out big changes in life after Merkel

By David Meyer and Christiaan Hetzner
November 24, 2021
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko greets the troops during a military drill outside Brest, on September 12, 2021.

As Belarus threatens European gas supplies, here’s how a migrant crisis is turning into a Russia-EU face-off

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November 11, 2021
Green party (Die Gruenen) co-chairwoman and top candidate for the upcoming federal elections, Annalena Baerbock (r), German Minister of Finance and Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for the federal elections, Olaf Scholz (C) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) chairman and top candidate for the upcoming federal elections, Christian Lindner (L) prior to a discussion board on June 16, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.
Environment

Germany’s new government hangs on a deal between climate activists and capitalism’s defenders

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September 27, 2021
Election campaign billboards showing Annalena Baerbock, chancellor candidate of the German Greens Party, Olaf Scholz, chancellor candidate of the German Social Democrats (SPD), and Armin Laschet, chancellor candidate of the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), stand ahead of federal parliamentary elections on September 21, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.
Politics

‘Traffic light’ or ‘Jamaica’? Germany is about to get a whole new kind of government

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September 23, 2021
Angela Merkel is the world’s most powerful female leader. But her 16 years in power have done little for working women
Leadership

Angela Merkel is the world’s most powerful female leader. But her 16 years in power have done little for working women

By Catherine Bosley, Josefine Fokuhl and Bloomberg
September 20, 2021
Germany revolutionized the automobile. A tough second act: How to revive the dying auto show

Germany revolutionized the automobile. A tough second act: How to revive the dying auto show

By Christiaan Hetzner and Christiaan Hetzner
September 3, 2021
Merkel to Germans: Get your COVID-19 vaccine, or pay up
International

Merkel to Germans: Get your COVID-19 vaccine, or pay up

By Arne Delfs and Bloomberg
August 11, 2021

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