Olaf Scholz wants to win back workers who defected to the populist far right. Success could make him a model for Social Democrats everywhere.
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8 Women and 8 Men: Germany Gets Its First Gender-Equal Cabinet
Angela Merkel is handing over the chancellery to a man. But in a watershed moment for the country, women will run all security and diplomacy-related ministries in the new government.
Angela Merkel Makes Final Plea for Germans to Get Vaccinated
‘Every shot helps,’ the chancellor said, days before she leaves office.
Angela Merkel Bids Farewell as Germany’s Chancellor
With a parade of torch-bearing soldiers and a 1970s hit from the Communist East, Germany’s Angela Merkel bid farewell as chancellor. She leaves office next week.
Germany Requires Vaccines for Store and Restaurant Customers
Facing a huge coronavirus surge, Chancellor Angela Merkel, her successor, Olaf Scholz, and state governors agreed on tough new restrictions on people who have not been inoculated.
Germany Announces Restrictions on Unvaccinated People
The country is trying to fight a monthlong surge in infections that has been breaking daily case records.
Germany’s Incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz Backs Vaccine Mandate
Mainstream German politicians have long dismissed the idea of a vaccine mandate, but are rethinking the issue as cases rise.
Germany’s Incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz Backs Vaccine Mandate
Mainstream German politicians have long dismissed the idea of a vaccine mandate, but are rethinking the issue as cases rise.
ISIS Fighter Convicted in Death of Enslaved 5-Year-Old Girl
In a trial held in Germany, the man was sentenced to life in prison for the death of the Yazidi girl, whom he allowed to die of thirst in Falluja, Iraq.
They Twice Gave Up Everything to Flee Iraq. They Keep Getting Sent Back.
Bria Ali and her family have twice tried to make it to Germany, desperate for a better life. They are now back home with thousands of others who made it to Europe in recent months only to be deported.