Matt Frei
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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‘C’est chic!’: CDU celebrates Angela Merkel’s win
Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrat party dance the night away to classic cover songs and German rock, in celebration of the German chancellor’s record election win.
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Germany election: Could Merkel edge an absolute majority?
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.
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Matt Frei
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Matt Frei
Germany’s election enters the ‘hot phase’
As Germany enters the final day of campaigning, Channel 4 News examines the runners, the potential king-makers, and the possibility of a new dawn for Euroscepticism.
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Why does Angela Merkel’s Germany still dominate Europe?
With Chancellor Angela Merkel on track to win a third term, Channel 4 News looks at why Germany is still calling the shots in Europe.
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Matt Frei
Angela Merkel: the anti-Iron Lady
It is not in Angela Merkel’s DNA to exert a leadership role in Europe and the German people don’t expect it. But she is arguably the most powerful politician in the western world.
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Gary Gibbon
G20: Merkel yawns, Cameron shrugs off Syria defeat
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.
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Barack Obama outlines ambition to cut nuclear weapons
Barack Obama uses a speech in Berlin to call for further falls in global nuclear stockpiles, including pledging reduction in America’s deployed arsenals and negotiating further cuts with Russia.
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Progress on Cameron and Merkel talks
David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agree to work together to make the European Union more competitive and flexible, say Downing Street.
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David and Angela: Helmut and Margaret revisited?
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.
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Cameron holds talks with Merkel in Berlin
Prime Minister David Cameron takes his family to Berlin as he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hold discussions about reform of the EU.
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Political chaos in Cyprus as MPs reject EU tax on savers
The Cypriot parliament votes against plans to tax people’s bank deposits to secure a bailout from the EU and IMF. Meanwhile, the RAF flies 1 million euros in to keep British forces there in cash.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron: threat to leave Europe helped
David Cameron leaves here a happy if tired individual. He feels he’s proved he’s not isolated and at the same time got what he came for.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron gets his cut – despite ‘le snub’ from France
Whether David Cameron says it or not, his supporters are already proclaiming this week’s EU budget deal as a vindication of his Europe speech and hardline strategy.
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Euro comic: Dave and Angela on the rocks?
In, out, shake it all about? We think David Cameron sounded a bit like a frustrated suitor in his big speech on Europe. So we’ve put Dave and Angie together in their own passionate comic strip.
