https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Angela Merkel's centre-right CDU will choose a new leader at a special congress on April 25th, sources told AFP on Monday, as the party scrambles to prepare for the veteran German chancellor's departure. https://www.thelocal.de/20200224/german-conservatives-brood-over-merkels-successor Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:00:56 +0100 german-conservatives-brood-over-merkels-successor The search for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's eventual successor begins in earnest this week, as her centre-right CDU party opens the race to elect a new leader after her heir apparent stepped down. https://www.thelocal.de/20200217/german-conservatives-fire-starting-gun-in-race-to-succeed-merkel Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:05:31 +0100 german-conservatives-fire-starting-gun-in-race-to-succeed-merkel After the CDU leader's shocking announced departure following the Thuringia vote debacle, we look at where the party goes from here, what it means for Merkel and if it will ever team up with the far-right. https://www.thelocal.de/20200211/explained-what-the-cdu-political-crisis-means-for-the-future-of-merkel-and-germany Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:43:21 +0100 explained-what-the-cdu-political-crisis-means-for-the-future-of-merkel-and-germany German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party and her plans to stay on until 2021 were plunged into disarray Monday after her heir-apparent gave up her leadership ambitions in a deepening crisis over ties between the centre and far right. https://www.thelocal.de/20200210/merkels-chosen-successor-gives-up-on-2021-candidacy-party-sources-annegret-kramp-karrenbauer Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:35:12 +0100 merkels-chosen-successor-gives-up-on-2021-candidacy-party-sources-annegret-kramp-karrenbauer In the end, the "mini Merkel" nickname was perhaps too big to live up to. https://www.thelocal.de/20200210/akk-the-rise-and-fall-of-merkels-mini-me Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:29:51 +0100 akk-the-rise-and-fall-of-merkels-mini-me Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the under-fire leader of Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, said she would step down if she did not have the backing of the party, in a defiant conference speech on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191122/leader-of-merkels-cdu-offers-to-quit-if-party-fails-to-back-her Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:14:14 +0100 leader-of-merkels-cdu-offers-to-quit-if-party-fails-to-back-her Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) open their two-day party conference on Friday amid mutinous grumblings over the leadership of party chairman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. https://www.thelocal.de/20191122/merkels-conservatives-gather-for-stormy-congress Fri, 22 Nov 2019 10:15:40 +0100 merkels-conservatives-gather-for-stormy-congress German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right CDU braces for a tumultuous two-day party congress in Leipzig from Friday, with members smarting from recent local election drubbings and bickering over her successor. https://www.thelocal.de/20191119/merkels-conservatives-brace-for-stormy-party-congress Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:20:30 +0100 merkels-conservatives-brace-for-stormy-party-congress German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government was sharply divided Tuesday by defence minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's surprise call for international troops to secure northeast Syria. https://www.thelocal.de/20191022/germany-divided-over-call-for-syria-peacekeeping-force Tue, 22 Oct 2019 18:22:11 +0200 germany-divided-over-call-for-syria-peacekeeping-force Chancellor Angela Merkel's favoured successor joined her cabinet Wednesday as defence minister, a high-profile job often called a poisoned chalice in Berlin's fraught political landscape. https://www.thelocal.de/20190717/is-merkel-heir-akks-move-to-join-cabinet-a-risky-bid-for-power Wed, 17 Jul 2019 14:33:10 +0200 is-merkel-heir-akks-move-to-join-cabinet-a-risky-bid-for-power Chancellor Angela Merkel's favoured successor and the head of her CDU party will become the country's next Defence Minister in a surprise move, after Ursula von der Leyen was elected European Commission president. https://www.thelocal.de/20190717/merkels-favoured-successor-akk-to-become-german-defence-minister Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:29:11 +0200 merkels-favoured-successor-akk-to-become-german-defence-minister Germany's Social Democrats could end up deciding if the country faces snap elections, the leader of Angela Merkel's party said Monday, after her junior coalition partner sank into chaos over the resignation of its leader. https://www.thelocal.de/20190603/where-does-germanys-crisis-hit-coalition-go-from-here Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:16:41 +0200 where-does-germanys-crisis-hit-coalition-go-from-here Parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government are set to hold separate crisis talks on Monday, after her fragile coalition suffered a fresh blow as the leader of junior partner SPD quit. https://www.thelocal.de/20190603/crisis-talks-set-to-be-held-as-merkels-coalition-suffers-new-blow Mon, 03 Jun 2019 10:31:06 +0200 crisis-talks-set-to-be-held-as-merkels-coalition-suffers-new-blow The leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has come under fire after she proposed a debate be held over whether opinions expressed before an election should face regulation. https://www.thelocal.de/20190528/germanys-conservative-party-leader-akk-under-fire-over-election-campaign-censorship-comments Tue, 28 May 2019 11:32:53 +0200 germanys-conservative-party-leader-akk-under-fire-over-election-campaign-censorship-comments A YouTube video calling out the German government for “gross incompetence” has gone viral – and provoked angry responses from leading politicians. https://www.thelocal.de/20190523/how-a-youtuber-is-shaking-up-german-politics-with-controversial-video Thu, 23 May 2019 11:39:42 +0200 how-a-youtuber-is-shaking-up-german-politics-with-controversial-video Rumours of Angela Merkel's imminent departure are continuing to circulate. But one expert tells The Local why obituaries are being written long before the patient has gasped her final breath. https://www.thelocal.de/20190506/how-rumours-of-merkels-demise-have-been-greatly-exaggerated Mon, 06 May 2019 11:57:59 +0200 how-rumours-of-merkels-demise-have-been-greatly-exaggerated The new leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU) announced on Monday that she was calling the heads of the party to an extraordinary meeting in Berlin, intensifying speculation that Angela Merkel’s days as Chancellor are numbered. https://www.thelocal.de/20190429/akk-calls-unscheduled-cdu-summit-stoking-talk-of-imminent-merkel-exit Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:37:32 +0200 akk-calls-unscheduled-cdu-summit-stoking-talk-of-imminent-merkel-exit The majority of Germans want Angela Merkel to stay on as Chancellor until the end of her term in 2021, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.de/20190312/merkels-staying-power-two-thirds-of-germans-want-chancellor-to-remain-until-2021 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:14:23 +0100 merkels-staying-power-two-thirds-of-germans-want-chancellor-to-remain-until-2021 German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday backed key European reform ideas from her presumptive heir, including a single EU seat in the UN Security Council and a joint aircraft carrier. https://www.thelocal.de/20190311/merkel-takes-successors-side-on-europe-vision Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0100 merkel-takes-successors-side-on-europe-vision German Chancellor Angela Merkel's anointed successor outlined her vision for Europe, a German paper reported on Saturday, aligning with recent French proposals on security but disagreeing on key social issues. https://www.thelocal.de/20190310/merkels-successor-responds-to-macrons-europe-vision Sun, 10 Mar 2019 09:51:15 +0100 merkels-successor-responds-to-macrons-europe-vision