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Confidence grows for deal on new Merkel government

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 - 12:50 GMT

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats inched closer towards a coalition agreement Monday.

Would-be German government agrees on policy for cars with excess emissions

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 - 10:03 GMT

Germany's would-be coalition partners agreed on Friday on an environmental policy in which cars with excess emissions would be refitted rather than taken off the road.

German parties pledge to work with France to strengthen euro zone

Fri, 12 Jan 2018 - 09:24 GMT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) pledged on Friday after all-night talks to work closely with France.

Merkel sees "tough day" in crunch German coalition talks

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 - 10:02 GMT

Chancellor Angela Merkel said her conservatives still had high hurdles to clear in Thursday's talks on forming a coalition with Social Democrats (SPD) pressing for accelerated European integration.

As coalition talks loom, German conservatives reject SPD's Europe idea

Sat, 09 Dec 2017 - 05:34 GMT

Senior members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on Saturday rejected the vision for a United States of Europe.

Slovenian 'Instagram president' heads for re-election

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 - 03:23 GMT

Slovenia's Borut Pahor is expected to win the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, possibly even negating the need for a run-off next month.

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