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International opinion of Merkel, then and now, as her tenure ends
By Shannon Schumacher, PhD
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By Laurenz Gehrke
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By Dalia Marin
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By Julia Horowitz
Angela Merkel's International Legacy: Cooler Trans-Atlantic Relations
By Bojan Pancevski
Germany's Progressive Playbook
By Yasmeen Serhan
SPD's Scholz wins third TV debate as German election draws close
By Paul Carrel & Christoph Steitz
Germany elections: Merkel backs 'bridge-builder' Laschet as successor
By Damien Mcguinness
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By Serge Schmemann
Angela Merkel's departure leaves a void in Germany — and a fight to fill it
By Carlo Angerer, Rachel Elbaum & Andy Eckardt
Angela Merkel: How a poor girl from East Germany rose to become the 'Empress of Europe'
By Roscoe Whalan
Scholz and Social Democrats win tight German election
By Guy Chazan & Erika Solomon
Germany and Merkel Receive High Marks Internationally in Chancellor's Last Year in Office
By Janell Fetterolf & Shannon Schumacher, PhD
Missing Merkel already: German CDU loses chancellor's voter base
By Cornelius Hirsch & Emily Schultheis
German election results — in charts – POLITICO
By Cornelius Hirsch
Angela Merkel: Four expert verdicts on a contested legacy
By Joshua Nevett
Angela Merkel saw Germans through crisis after crisis. Now they wonder who'll fill the void
By Frederik Pleitgen
SPD narrowly wins German election against Merkel's CDU but uncertainty remains over next leader
By Frederik Pleitgen, Helen Regan & Ivana Kottasová
Germany's Social Democratic Party wins most seats in federal elections, preliminary official results show
By Nadine Schmidt, Laura Smith-Spark & Stephanie Halasz
Meet Olaf Scholz, the man set to replace Angela Merkel as Germany's next chancellor
By Ivana Kottasová
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By Laura Smith-Spark, Mike Hayes & Aditi Sangal
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
German Election Results: Parties Vie for Power After Election Shakes Up German Politics (Published 2021)
By Melissa Eddy, Christopher F Schuetze & Katrin Bennhold
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
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
The World Won't Miss Angela Merkel
By Yascha Mounk
Parrots swoop in for Merkel swan song
By Richard Connor
The unlikely savior of Germany's SPD
By Sabine Kinkartz
What has Angela Merkel achieved for women?
By Janina Semenova & Oxana Evdokimova
Candidates spar in final TV debate
By Mark Hallam
Germany's election results: Facts and figures
By Christoph Hasselbach