ROEVERSHAGEN, GERMANY (REUTERS) – With German elections looming, polls indicate that Europe’s longest-serving female Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to emerge triumphant for a fourth term.
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Germany: economy propels Merkel towards 4th term
German investor sentiment has improved by more than expected in September in readings that bode well for Chancellor Angela Merkel as she seeks a fourth term in Sunday’s national election. As David Pollard reports, an opposition campaign to highlight inequality appears to be gaining little traction with voters. Continue reading
U.S. celebrities fall for Germany’s First Lady: The Merkel effect
BERLIN, GERMANY (REUTERS) – Hollywood stars and a former U.S president offer Germany’s incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel their backing for the September 24 elections even as the chancellor faces persistent heckling on the home front.
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Merkel says digitalisation is focus of CeBIT technology fair
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that the world’s largest computer and information technology fair shows how digitalisation is increasingly important.
Clinton as first female U.S. President would be a step towards gender balance – Germany’s Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says first female U.S. President would be a step towards gender balance in leading positions.
G20- Merkel says urgent for investment to flow into Africa
Germany’s Angela Merkel calls for more direct foreign investment to flow into Africa
New report shows chasm between car test results and real world
A report by an environmental campaign group reveals new European cars are spewing out more carbon dioxide than laboratory tests show.
Merkel: Germany must speed up processing asylum applications, fight right-wing extremism
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says asylum applications must be processed more quickly to send back persons who were denied the status, adds that Germany must take a hard line on right-wing extremism.
Merkel warns Germans that migrant crisis won’t be resolved soon
Germany’s Merkel says on migrant crisis that Germany faces a long-term challenge and that Germans must show flexibility.