Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party has fallen further, a poll released on Sunday indicated, with the ecologist Greens closing in to just two points behind them ahead of a national election September. With popular frustration growing over Merkel’s government’s management
The vaccine roll-out in Germany has descended into chaos as it emerged that 80-year-olds have to fill in ten forms just to get the jab. Angela Merkel’s coalition government is facing increasing criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic with its
Germany’s constitutional court said on Friday that the president may not sign off on legislation ratifying the European Union’s Recovery Fund as long as it was looking into an emergency appeal against the debt-financed investment plan. The news was celebrated by Mr
The German Chancellor admitted it was a “mistake” to announce new lockdown restrictions for a period of five days over the Easter break apologising to lockdown-weary Germans after the hastily-conceived plan triggered a backlash. The embarrassing U-Turn prompt opposition MP Christian Lindner
Angela Merkel may face ‘disaster’ in elections says expert The Insa survey, commissioned by German newspaper Bild, suggested the party Mrs Merkel led until she stepped down in 2019 is facing an uphill task as it gears up for crucial federal elections
The ban is due to be debated virtually by leaders of the 27 EU member states on Thursday. Boris Johnson is expected to speak to his EU counterparts this week in a bid to halt the restriction. The European Commission president Ms von
Angela Merkel forgets her face mask in German Parliament Measures in place aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 have hit the services sector and even the construction industry, Germany’s national bank said. The latest monthly report pours cold water on any
The blockade on life-saving Covid jabs is said to be driven by fears Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats could be decimated at the polls in September’s parliamentary elections. As a result of pressure from Berlin, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is