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Germany's Angela Merkel Says She Won't Seek Re-Election, Will Leave Party Role

1:57pm October 29, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Merkel announced that she will step down from leading the Christian Democratic Union after her party struggled in a regional election. Her current term as chancellor runs into 2021.

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Katrin Ebner-Steiner (center), regional leader of the Alternative for Germany, celebrates with party co-leader Alice Weidel (right) as election results roll in Sunday in Mamming, Germany.

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Merkel's Allies Falter In Regional Elections, As Rivals Gain On Left And Right

4:43pm October 14, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The German chancellor's center-right sister party has long been a juggernaut in Bavaria, but they didn't look like it Sunday.

Large crowds of far-right demonstrators rallied in the German city of Chemnitz on Saturday.

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Reporter's Notebook: In Eastern Germany, The Far-Right Has Found A Foothold

8:23pm September 02, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

German leaders have dismissed the rise of the far-right as an electoral fluke that can be overcome by shifting policies a bit to the right. But if polls are to be believed, the approach isn't working.

The MV Lifeline, a vessel for the German charity Mission Lifeline, arrives with 234 migrants onboard in the harbour of Valletta, Malta, on Wednesday.

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EU Leaders Reach A Deal To Limit Migrant Travel

4:40pm June 29, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The deal calls for processing centers to be established on a "voluntary basis" to restrict migrants from moving within the European Union while asylum claims are being considered.

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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with other Europen Union leaders during a summit Thursday in Brussels. Earlier in the day she delivered a speech to a restive German parliament, deeply divided over matters of migration.

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Merkel's Fragile Coalition Teeters On Edge Of Migration Question

9:05pm June 28, 2018

The German chancellor hopes to find some answers to that question at a European Union summit beginning Thursday. The parties she counts as allies have been deeply divided over how to treat newcomers.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves a press conference after a leadership meeting at her party headquarters in Berlin on Monday. Hardliners in her conservative bloc want to bar asylum-seekers from entering Germany if they've already applied or register

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Differences Over Migration Policy Throw German Government Into Crisis

3:45pm June 19, 2018

by Simon Schuetz

Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition partner wants to bar migrants from entering Germany if they've applied for asylum elsewhere, and has given her two weeks to tighten asylum rules.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel responds to questions from parliamentarians in the first-ever "Chancellor's Question Time," in the Bundestag on Wednesday in Berlin.

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Merkel Parries Queries In First-Ever 'Chancellor's Question Time'

6:30am June 07, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The German chancellor fielded questions on issues ranging from immigration to trade in Bundestag's more staid version of the familiar British tradition.

President Trump kisses German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her arrival at the White House on Friday.

Merkel And Trump Meeting Includes Some Strange Moments, But No Tangible Results

12:58pm April 28, 2018

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Handshakes and cheek kisses from the U.S. president surprised onlookers, but they were the only unanticipated events to happen during Friday's two-hour talk between the world leaders.

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels last month.

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France's Macron Likely To Meet Resistance From Merkel On European Reform Proposals

6:28pm April 18, 2018

by Esme Nicholson

French President Emmanuel Macron visits Berlin Thursday, amid differences between him and German Chancellor Angela Merkel over eurozone reforms.

Muslim women from Syria take a German language lesson at a Muslim cultural center in February in Halle, Germany.

Debate On Role Of Islam Divides German Government

6:06pm March 16, 2018

by Simon Schütz

Members of the Merkel government agree that Muslims belong in Germany but disagree on whether the religion itself does.