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Germany’s interior minister says border rejections up 45% in a week

May 16, 2025

The number of people turned away at the German border has risen by almost half since controls were tightened a week ago. Germany’s new interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, said on [..]

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German parties go into next round of coalition talks on Friday

March 27, 2025

Lead negotiators for Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc are to resume talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Friday with the aim of forming a viable coalition, the three parties [..]

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German conservatives, Social Democrats, begin talks on coalition

March 2, 2025

Germany’s conservative bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) have started exploratory talks aimed at forming a new government coalition, following Sunday’s federal election. Leading party representatives gathered in a parliament [..]

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German publisher reports ‘sensational’ run for Merkel autobiography

January 19, 2025

The memoirs of former German chancellor Angela Merkel are having a “sensational” run, her publisher said on Saturday, two months after the book’s release. “We are still selling around 12,000 [..]

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Germany headed for early elections after Scholz loses confidence vote

December 17, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, paving the way for early elections on February 23 that could end his time at the helm of [..]