No ‘wild-eyed’ exuberance, but Merkel remains ‘quietly alluring’
Europe Editor Matt Frei pops into Angela Merkel’s final campaign rally, to see why the self-deprecating physicist is still popular with the crowds.
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Angela Merkel is on track to win her third term as Germany’s chancellor – and could also claim a rare absolute majority for her conservative bloc of parties.
Europe Editor Matt Frei pops into Angela Merkel’s final campaign rally, to see why the self-deprecating physicist is still popular with the crowds.
On Sunday Angela Merkel attempts to win a third term as her country’s leader. With much of Europe facing economic turmoil, the continent is looking to “Mutti” – mother – to lead it through the crisis.
The G20 leaders are now in their first session. The sun is blazing outside and the temperature should rise inside over dinner later as Russia’s President Putin has put Syria on the menu.
David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agree to work together to make the European Union more competitive and flexible, say Downing Street.
As David Cameron and Angela Merkel meet for talks, the prime minister and German chancellor will be striving for warmer relations than their predecessors Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl.
Prime Minister David Cameron takes his family to Berlin as he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold discussions about reform of the EU.
David Cameron’s Europe speech is now confirmed for Wednesday but will it be Angela Merkel dealing with its fall-out after the German election in autumn?
Angela Merkel knows there won’t be a deal without David Cameron on board and she doesn’t want to be party to something that adds to anti-European feeling in Britain if she can avoid it.
Can a deal be done? Gary Gibbon has the latest from the EU budget negotiations in Brussels.
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel thinks Britain would not suit a lonely life outside the EU and will battle to keep them in.
Police fire tear gas and stun grenades at demonstrators in Athens who are protesting about Angela Merkel’s trip to the country.
Angela Merkel concedes. Gary Gibbon wonders what she will get in return?
Prime Minister David Cameron pledges that he will not ask British taxpayers to underwrite the debts of ailing banks in Greece and Spain.
The German chancellor vows to work with France’s new socialist president-elect Francois Hollande but insists the fiscal compact that commits eurozone governments to austerity is non-negotiable.