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The Latest Breaking News from Angela Merkel

Scholz to lead SPD into snap German election after Pistorius withdraws

The Guardian - UK

German ex-leader Merkel says she felt sorrow at Trump's comeback and recalls awkward non-handshake

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she felt “sorrow” at Donald Trump’s return to power and recalls that every meeting with him was “a competition: you or me.”

The Independent UK

First Thing: ICC seeks Netanyahu’s arrest over allegations of ‘war crimes and crimes against humanity’

The international criminal court also issued warrants for Israel’s Yoav Gallant and Hamas’s Mohammed Deif. Plus, Matt Gaetz withdraws from attorney general nomination

The Guardian - UK

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Former German Leader Tears Into Trump In New Tell-All Book: He Is 'Fascinated' With Putin

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has provided her insight into President-elect Donald Trump as a leader in her memoir set to be released next week, noting that he is "not normal" and commenting on his reported fascination with tyrannical world leaders.

International Business Times

Former German Leader Tears Into Trump in New Tell-All Book: He Is 'Fascinated' with Putin

Latin Times

Merkel: I mistook Trump for ‘someone completely normal’

Memoir of former German chancellor recalls US president’s soft spot for tyrants and apparent fascination with Putin

The Guardian - UK

German opposition leader plans climate action reverse and immigration controls as Scholz paves way for election – as it happened

German chancellor confirms vote of confidence date, giving path to 23 February election, as Friedrich Merz attempts to create distance between parties

The Guardian - UK

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Why the German government collapsed and what to expect now

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has sacked his finance minister Christian Lindner escalating a long conflict in the German government and ultimately causing the fragile coalition between Social Democrats, Greens, and the Free Democratic Party to collapse. For once, Scholz, often mocked as a robotic speaker without emotion, appeared to…

The Conversation

Olaf Scholz: Germany's Steady Hand Losing Grip On Power

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been dubbed the "Scholzomat" for a dry personal style bordering on the robotic, but also hailed as a safe pair of hands leading a country that values stability.

International Business Times

Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai review – sinister cosmic visions

A physics student calls on Angela Merkel to help him save the world in this one-sentence onslaught from a ‘master of the apocalypse’

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Israel's invasion of Lebanon could spark another toxic European migrant crisis

The natural but unspoken response of many of us to Israel’s “limited, localised and targeted ground raids” against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, or, as others might put it, the invasion of a neighbouring country, will be to feel very sorry for the civilian casualties of the conflict but to thank…

Evening Standard

Axel Springer’s media assets to be split off in €13.5bn KKR deal

Private equity group to control classified business while Mathias Döpfner and Friede Springer will run digital operation

The Guardian - UK

From a new Murakami to a memoir by Cher: the best books of the autumn

Cosy crime, eco-thrillers, political memoirs, YA fantasy: there’s something for everyone in our pick of the books to look out for in the months ahead

The Guardian - UK

Alex Salmond claims David Cameron was 's******g' himself over independence vote

FORMER first minister Alex Salmond has claimed David Cameron was “s******g” himself towards the end of the 2014 independence referendum...

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Friedrich Merz looks likely to be Germany’s next leader but how will he defuse the AfD?

The CDU chief has had a smooth lead but he must act to halt the march of far-right voters before the general election, writes Deborah Cole

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Why the far right’s success in German state elections can’t be written off as a local phenomenon any more

In today’s newsletter: Alternative für Deutschland have deployed Nazi rhetoric throughout their rise – and they are pulling the mainstream further to the right

The Guardian - UK

Scholz urges German parties to exclude far right as AfD poised for state election victory

Alternative für Deutschland leader speaks of ‘historic success’ of top place in Thuringia and second in Saxony

The Independent UK

Starmer hopes Scholz and Macron can help him soften Brexit – but is his strategy doomed to fail?

Britain’s new prime minister has struck up a close relationship with Paris and Berlin and needs their help to unpick problems caused by Brexit, says David Maddox. But it is a strategy full of risk...

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The Guardian - UK

As the far right gains ground, Germany deserves better from its mainstream politicians

It’s not just the AfD that poses a major threat in this weekend’s regional elections – while traditional moderate parties are failing to inspire voters, says commentator and broadcaster John Kampfner

The Guardian - UK

Angela Merkel chooses privacy over publicity as she celebrates turning 70

Once seen as the world’s most powerful woman, the former German chancellor is now immersed in the arts – and not only as an admirer

The Independent UK

German government averts crisis with budget agreement for Europe’s largest economy

The German government has announced an agreement on its budget for 2025 and a stimulus package for Europe’s largest economy, easing a monthslong squabble that threatened to upend Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left coalition

The Guardian - UK

‘Culture embarrasses them’: how 14 years of Tory fiascos strangled arts in the UK

They came to power promising ‘a golden age for the arts’. Now, 12 disastrous culture secretaries later, they leave it in tatters. What a stunning missed opportunity to capitalise on an asset that was the envy of the world

The Guardian - UK

‘We could be in 2006 again’: Germany recalls glory days as it hosts Euro 2024

A new football coach and team stir hopes the country might relive its fairytale World Cup summer 18 years ago, after defeats on the pitch and economic and political challenges

The Guardian - UK

Macron and Meloni appear poles apart – but what if they joined forces to save Europe?

Centrists and pragmatic rightwing parties could at least compromise on the most urgent global threats

France 24

How D-Day commemorations became the stage for diplomacy and geopolitics

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, French President Emmanuel Macron will preside over an international ceremony on Omaha Beach on June 6. Every 10-year anniversary of D-Day has become a not-to-be-missed event for many heads of state. These commemorations have not always had a political and diplomatic…

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