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  Merkel Backs Close Ally For Key Party Role Amid Succession Debate

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel put forward on Monday her close ally Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, premier of the tiny western state of Saarland, to take over as secretary general of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU), party sources said.

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  After Win Over Angela Merkel's Party, Anti-Migrant Group Eyes Berlin

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces the threat of fresh gains by the right-wing populist AfD party in Berlin state elections Sunday, as discontent rises over her welcome to refugees.

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  Angela Merkel Under Fire After Poll Defeat To Anti-Migrant Party

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel came under renewed pressure over her liberal refugee policy today after an upstart anti-migrant populist party handed her party a humiliating defeat in her home state.

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  Angela Merkel Buys Time With Party Compromise On Refugees

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a respite on the refugee question with a strong show of unity at a party congress but must deliver results ahead of key elections next year, analysts said.

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  Angela Merkel Wants To 'Drastically Reduce' Refugee Arrivals In Germany

  Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she wanted to "drastically decrease" the number of refugees coming to Germany, signalling a compromise to critics of her open-door policy from within her conservatives on the eve of a party congress.

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  Indian-Origin Man Becomes Mayor of Germany's Bonn City

  Ashok Sridharan, a mayoral candidate of Chancellor Angela Merkel-led Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has comprehensively won the election in Bonn, becoming the first person of Indian-origin to occupy the mayor's office in a major German city.

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  Indian-Origin Man Leads Mayoral Elections in Germany's Bonn: Opinion Poll

  An Indian-origin candidate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel-led Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is the favourite in today's mayoral election in the city of Bonn, according to latest opinion polls.

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  German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Party Suffers Another State Loss as Eurosceptics Scrape In

  The Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was set to win seats in a fifth straight regional parliament on Sunday after an election in the city-state of Bremen where Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives were badly beaten.

• Angela Merkel: pastor's daughter to world's most powerful woman

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a pastor's daughter who grew up under communism, rose to become the world's most powerful woman, governing Europe's biggest economy and setting the political tone on the continent.

• Germany's SPD agrees to coalition talks with Angela Merkel

  Top members of Germany's Social Democratic Party agreed Sunday to launch coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel as she attempts to form a government for Europe's top economy.

• Germany votes with Angela Merkel set for third term

  Germany votes on Sunday with Chancellor Angela Merkel poised to win a third term, making her Europe's only major leader to survive its financial crisis but potentially forced into governing with her main rivals.

• Shhhhhh! German parties appeal to voters' aversion to noise

  "One in two Germans feels troubled by noise," Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) state in their election manifesto. "We want to change this".

• Germany approves second Greek bailout package

  German parliament has overwhelmingly approved the second financial bailout package for Greece, but delivered a blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel by denying her for the first time a majority of her centre-right coalition parties in a crucial vote.