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AFP
Jun 02, 2025

German court rules against migration crackdown in blow to Merz

The policy was brought in on May 7, just a day after Merz and his cabinet took office with a promise to crack down on irregular migration

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Reuters
Mar 21, 2025

German budget committee greenlights €3b Ukraine aid

Another 8.252 billion euros for Ukraine aid for the years 2026 to 2029 on cards, bringing the total German aid to more than 11 billion euros.

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Reuters
Feb 24, 2025

Germany’s Merz faces tricky talks with potential coalition ally

Merz, who has no previous experience in office, is set to take charge with Europe’s largest economy ailing, its society split over migration and its security caught between a confrontational US and an assertive Russia and China.

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Reuters
Feb 23, 2025

German conservatives win election but far-right AfD surges

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) tumbles to their worst result since World War Two

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Reuters
Dec 21, 2024

Five dead, 200 injured in German Christmas market attack

Police were not immediately available to comment on the reported casualty figures. Local officials had initially said at least two people were killed and had warned that the toll could rise.

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Reuters
Dec 16, 2024

German’s Scholz loses confidence vote, paving way for election

Scholz’s three-party coalition fell apart last month after the pro-market Free Democrats quit in a row over debt

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Web Desk
Nov 07, 2024

Germany faces snap election as Scholz’s coalition crumbles

The government crisis comes at a critical juncture for Germany, with a flatlining economy, aging infrastructure and an unprepared military.

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Reuters
Sep 22, 2024

Scholz’s Social Democrats fend off far-right in German state vote

SPD, which has governed the state surrounding the capital Berlin since reunification in 1990, scored 31.8% of the vote, ahead of the far-right Alternative for Germany on 29.2%