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27 Jun 2018

Threat of collapse looms over German coalition after crisis talks fail

The main options then look like a Merkel-led minority government or a new election. Merkel, who has been chancellor for nearly 13 years, may also lose support in her own CDU

29 Sep 2017

Germany's far-right AfD has more immigrant MPs than Merkel's conservatives

The AfD has been sharply critical of Merkel's decision to take in 1.3 million mainly Muslim migrants and says Islam has no place in Germany.

23 Sep 2017

Angela Merkel, Martin Schulz urge undecided Germans to vote with far right gaining

A new INSA poll published by Bild newspaper showed declining support for both Merkel`s conservatives, who dropped two percentage points to 34 per cent, and the SPD, down one point to 21 per cent.

01 Aug 2017

Immigrant population hits new high in Germany

Germany took in more than a million migrants, many fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa in 2015 and 2016.

30 Jun 2017

Germany to pass same-sex marriage law

Gay and lesbian groups cheered the push for marriage equality in Germany where so-called civil unions were legalised in 2001.

15 Mar 2017

German Social Democrats steady just behind Merkel's conservatives: Poll

In a direct matchup, Angela Merkel gained one percentage point to 39 percent support, compared to 36 percent for Martin Schulz.

22 Feb 2017

Bavaria pushes ahead with burqa ban as elections loom

Bavaria will ban the full-face veil in schools, universities, government workplaces and polling stations, the southern German state said on Tuesday.

05 Sep 2016

Angela Merkel vows to `win back trust` after defeat to anti-migrant party

German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Monday to "win back trust" of voters angered by her open-door refugee policy, while admitting her share of responsibility for her conservatives` humiliating election loss to an anti-migrant party.

04 Sep 2016

Germany's anti-migrant populists beat Merkel's party in local vote

Germany's anti-migrant populists made a strong showing at state polls on Sunday, scoring ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party as voters punish the German leader over her liberal refugee policy.

01 May 2016

Germany's right-wing AfD to adopt anti-Islam manifesto

AfD leaders have stated that "Islam is not part of Germany" and on the second day of the party's congress on Sunday were also expected to demand bans on Muslim symbols in Germany.

09 Mar 2016

Angela Merkel faces drubbing as German populists eye poll surge

Merkel`s Christian Democratic Union was bracing for a poor showing, particularly in its traditional stronghold of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

15 Feb 2015

Anti-euro party guns for first seats in west German state

Germany`s populist anti-euro AfD party hoped to capture its first seats in a western state legislature in an election Sunday in the country`s second city of Hamburg.

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