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Germany’s federal election: The parties, polls, coalitions... and how it all works
September 26th vote to determine who will succeed Angela Merkel in Europe’s hot seat
Journalist accuses ex-French president Giscard d’Estaing of groping her
German journalist sues over incident alleged to have taken place during 2018 interview
Prospect of Albert Reynolds lecture met with ‘deep gloom’ by British
UK state papers: Senior diplomat feared ex-taoiseach could damage British interests
World Cup TV View: ITV’s trippy studio leaves us all seeing red squares
Darragh Maloney has the excitement knocked out of him by the RTÉ panel
Couple spearhead political move to create ‘just and peaceful’ Germany
Wagenknecht and Lafontaine woo AfD working-class voters with #fairLand
German Social Democratic Party backs talks with Merkel bloc
SPD leader Martin Schulz hails close 56% yes vote for talks: ‘We are all relieved, of course’
Hamburg airport reopens after unknown toxin alert
Fifty injured by substance in area where passenger luggage scanned by security staff
Tributes for late former West German leader Helmut Schmidt
Politicians across Europe pay tribute to leading proponent of European integration
Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt dies aged 96
Social Democrat politician led West Germany during tense period of the Cold War
Helmut Schmidt: free-spirited, intellectual, iron-willed
Derek Scally: former German chancellor, who has died at 96, commanded huge respect
West Germany’s architect of change Egon Bahr dies at 93
Under Ostpolitik he retooled policy to eastern bloc away from show of military strength
Prominent Germans sign letter condemning xenophobia
Letter by 50 people in ‘Bild’ follows far-right Pegida rallies against Muslim immigration
Mainstream political parties in Germany unite against anti-Muslim marches
Merkel condemns Pegida “for their hearts are cold and often full of prejudice, and even hate”
Honeymoon over for Angela Merkel as bickering begins within grand coalition
Berlin Letter: Divisions over pension reforms and Ukraine are testing the CDU-SPD relationship
Schmidt attacks western sanctions on Russia as ‘nonsense’
Former German chancellor describes Russian actions in Crimea as ‘perfectly understandable’
Hitler portrait triggers row in Potsdam
CDU demand removal of Nazi picture ahead of opening of new parliament
Social Democrats warn against third term for Merkel
Germany’s Election: Pledges to raise minimum wage but opposition coalition behind in final polls
Steinbrück continues pursuit of Merkel despite his SPD trailing far behind ruling CDU
With just two weeks to German election day, the SPD trails the CDU by 15 points
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