Shorn of any bravado, her announcement seemed again to make Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, a de facto leader on the Continent and something of an example for Western nations
Author: KATRIN BENNHOLD
Some of Europe, ‘Walking a Tightrope,’ Will Loosen Coronavirus Restrictions
Looking for a return to normal may be misplaced. Instead, the next phase is about learning how to live with the virus, possibly for a long time.
A German Exception? Why the Country’s Coronavirus Death Rate Is Low
The pandemic has hit Germany hard, with more than 92,000 people infected. But the percentage of fatal cases has been remarkably low compared to those in many neighboring countries.
Germany Places Part of Far-Right Party Under Surveillance
The intelligence agency labeled a wing of the Alternative for Germany extremist, warning of a “danger for democracy.”
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Won’t Run for Chancellor
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said she would quit after her conservative party voted with the far right in one German state. Her decision leaves the race to succeed Angela Merkel wide open, and the country in deep disarray.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Merkel’s Anointed Successor, Won’t Run for Chancellor
The race to succeed Angela Merkel is wide open again after the woman who became the conservative party leader only 14 months ago said she would quit.
Germans Unnerved by Political Turmoil That Echoes Nazi Era
Germans took to the streets in protest this week when the far right and Chancellor Merkel’s conservatives voted together in a local power struggle. To some, it was like “the Third Reich has been resurrected.”
A Onetime ‘Refugee Child’ Takes On Austria’s Far Right
Alma Zadic arrived in Vienna from Bosnia when she was 10. Now, she is the justice minister in an awkward coalition of liberal Greens and hard-line, anti-immigrant conservatives.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall in Photos: An Accident of History That Changed The World
The Communist regime was prepared for everything “except candles and prayers.” East Germany’s peaceful 1989 revolution showed that societies that don’t reform, die.
Austria’s Kurz, Leading in Polls, Looks Open to a Reunion With Far Right
Four months after scandal imploded Sebastian Kurz’s coalition, the wunderkind conservative looks set to win again in Sunday’s election. Will he embrace the far right a second time?