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 The Greens have risen to become the most popular party in Germany, according to a new survey. https://www.thelocal.de/20210421/greens-become-most-popular-political-party-in-germany Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:02:03 +0200 greens-become-most-popular-political-party-in-germany Germany's ruling conservatives are locked in a bitter dispute over who they want to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor when Germany goes to the polls in September. https://www.thelocal.de/20210415/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-two-men-vying-to-replace-merkel-as-german-chancellor Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:23:19 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-about-the-two-men-vying-to-replace-merkel-as-german-chancellor With less than six months to go until a general election and their poll ratings plummeting, Angela Merkel's conservatives are meeting for crunch talks Sunday as pressure builds to pick their chancellor candidate. https://www.thelocal.de/20210411/german-conservatives-mull-merkel-succession-amid-slumping-poll-ratings Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:56:06 +0200 german-conservatives-mull-merkel-succession-amid-slumping-poll-ratings Armin Laschet, the new head of Germany's conservative CDU party, is known as an ally of Angela Merkel -- but has come under fire for distancing himself from the chancellor's pandemic policy. https://www.thelocal.de/20210217/new-head-of-merkels-cdu-under-fire-for-pandemic-comments Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:19:31 +0100 new-head-of-merkels-cdu-under-fire-for-pandemic-comments The race to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor became more unpredictable than ever after her protegee Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer threw in the towel as leader of the centre-right party. https://www.thelocal.de/20200223/from-avenger-to-anti-merkel-who-could-be-germanys-next-chancellor Sun, 23 Feb 2020 08:41:57 +0100 from-avenger-to-anti-merkel-who-could-be-germanys-next-chancellor