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International opinion of Merkel, then and now, as her tenure ends
By Shannon Schumacher
What are the coalition options after Germany's election?
By Laurenz Gehrke
How Olaf Scholz won Germany
By Dalia Marin
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Germany's SPD wants to start coalition talks this week
By Mark Heinrich, Emma Thomasson & Giles Elgood
Angela Merkel's International Legacy: Cooler Trans-Atlantic Relations
By Bojan Pancevski
Germany's Progressive Playbook
By Yasmeen Serhan
Germany elections: Merkel backs 'bridge-builder' Laschet as successor
By Damien Mcguinness
Opinion | Angela Merkel Was Underestimated, and It Became Her Superpower (Published 2021)
By Serge Schmemann
Angela Merkel saw Germans through crisis after crisis. Now they wonder who'll fill the void
By Frederik Pleitgen
Angela Merkel: How a poor girl from East Germany rose to become the 'Empress of Europe'
By Roscoe Whalan
Angela Merkel's departure leaves a void in Germany — and a fight to fill it
By Rachel Elbaum, Andy Eckardt & Carlo Angerer
German elections: Tight results point to duels ahead to forge post-Merkel government
By Rick Noack, Loveday Morris & Florian Neuhof
Germany and Merkel Receive High Marks Internationally in Chancellor's Last Year in Office
By Janell Fetterolf & Shannon Schumacher, PhD
Climate is the kingmaker in German coalition-building
By Zia Weise & Karl Mathiesen
Election leaves Germany in limbo – POLITICO
By Matthew Karnitschnig
Missing Merkel already: German CDU loses chancellor's voter base
By Cornelius Hirsch & Emily Schultheis
German election results — in charts – POLITICO
By Cornelius Hirsch
Germany's post-Merkel era: the coalition options and what they mean
By Guy Chazan & Erika Solomon
Angela Merkel: Four expert verdicts on a contested legacy
By Joshua Nevett
Germany's election will decide what life after Merkel looks like. Here's what you need to know
By Rob Picheta
Germany's Social Democratic Party wins most seats in federal elections, preliminary official results show
By Nadine Schmidt, Laura Smith-Spark & Frederik Pleitgen
Germany election and Angela Merkel news: Live updates
By Laura Smith-Spark, Aditi Sangal & Mike Hayes
Meet Olaf Scholz, the man set to replace Angela Merkel as Germany's next chancellor
By Ivana Kottasová
SPD narrowly wins German election against Merkel's CDU but uncertainty remains over next leader
By Frederik Pleitgen, Ivana Kottasová & Helen Regan
Pledging stability, German SPD seeks three-way alliance to succeed Merkel
By Paul Carrel & Emma Thomasson
German Social Democrats beat conservatives in vote to decide Merkel successor
By Paul Carrel & Thomas Escritt
What a post-Merkel Germany could mean for Europe
By Sílvia Amaro
Social Democrats narrowly beat Angela Merkel's alliance in historic German election
By Holly Ellyatt & Matt Clinch
German Election Results: Parties Vie for Power After Election Shakes Up German Politics (Published 2021)
By Melissa Eddy, Katrin Bennhold & Christopher F Schuetze
What you need to know about Olaf Scholz, the new German chancellor
By Loveday Morris & William Noah Glucroft
Germany election: worst ever result momentarily silences CDU
By Philip Oltermann
Seat held by Merkel since 1990 won by SPD candidate born in 1993
By Philip Oltermann
16 years in 16 words: the sayings that sum up Merkel’s Germany
By Kate Connolly & Philip Oltermann
The World Won't Miss Angela Merkel
By Yascha Mounk
Parrots swoop in for Merkel swan song
By Richard Connor
Candidates spar in final TV debate
By Mark Hallam