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Germany election: Merkel heir loses support as parties meet
By Paul Kirby
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Things to know about the CDU
By Rina Goldenberg-huang & Jefferson Chase
The climate has overtaken covid-19 as German voters' top concern
Germany's Progressive Playbook
By Yasmeen Serhan
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International opinion of Merkel, then and now, as her tenure ends
By Shannon Schumacher, PhD
How Olaf Scholz won Germany
By Dalia Marin
Germany is the biggest economy in Europe. What if it shifts left?
By Julia Horowitz
Angela Merkel's International Legacy: Cooler Trans-Atlantic Relations
By Bojan Pancevski
Pledging stability, German SPD seeks three-way alliance to succeed Merkel
By Emma Thomasson & Paul Carrel
Opinion | Angela Merkel Was Underestimated, and It Became Her Superpower (Published 2021)
By Serge Schmemann
Angela Merkel's departure leaves a void in Germany — and a fight to fill it
By Carlo Angerer, Andy Eckardt & Rachel Elbaum
Angela Merkel: How a poor girl from East Germany rose to become the 'Empress of Europe'
By Roscoe Whalan
Germany's post-Merkel era: the coalition options and what they mean
By Guy Chazan & Erika Solomon
German election: Social Democrats edge ahead of Merkel's party
By Joshua Nevett, Paul Kirby & Claudia Allen
Germany and Merkel Receive High Marks Internationally in Chancellor's Last Year in Office
By Shannon Greenwood
After historic loss, Germany's Armin Laschet begins to accept the inevitable
By Matthew Karnitschnig
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
Scholz and Social Democrats win tight German election
By Guy Chazan & Erika Solomon
Angela Merkel: Four expert verdicts on a contested legacy
By Joshua Nevett
Germany elections: Merkel backs 'bridge-builder' Laschet as successor
By Damien Mcguinness
Germany's Social Democratic Party wins most seats in federal elections, preliminary official results show
By Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz & Laura Smith-Spark
Angela Merkel saw Germans through crisis after crisis. Now they wonder who'll fill the void
By Frederik Pleitgen
Germany's election will decide what life after Merkel looks like. Here's what you need to know
By Rob Picheta
Germany election and Angela Merkel news: Live updates
By Laura Smith-Spark, Aditi Sangal & Mike Hayes
SPD narrowly wins German election against Merkel's CDU but uncertainty remains over next leader
By Frederik Pleitgen, Helen Regan & Ivana Kottasová
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 Katrin Bennhold, Melissa Eddy & Christopher F Schuetze
German Election Heralds Messier Politics and Weaker Leadership After Merkel (Published 2021)
By Katrin Bennhold
What you need to know about Olaf Scholz, the new German chancellor
By Loveday Morris & William Noah Glucroft
Slight edge for Social Democrats in race to succeed Merkel in German election, projection shows
By Rick Noack, Loveday Morris & Andrew Jeong
16 years in 16 words: the sayings that sum up Merkel’s Germany
By Philip Oltermann & Kate Connolly
Seat held by Merkel since 1990 won by SPD candidate born in 1993
By Philip Oltermann
Germany: SPD intends to form coalition with Greens and liberals
By Philip Oltermann
Germany election: worst ever result momentarily silences CDU
By Philip Oltermann
German election: Social Democrats secure narrow win as CDU plunges to historic low – as it happened
By Jon Henley & Helen Livingstone