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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Janan Ganesh
    Liberals must learn from the Merkel years

    An entire worldview, not just one leader, stands tainted

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Constanze Stelzenmüller
    Merkel’s lack of regrets illustrates the fallacies of Germany’s Russia policy

    For far too long politicians, businesspeople and voters refused to face up to the ominous nature of Putin’s style of rule

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Merkel censured by Germany’s highest court for intervening in 2020 regional poll

    Ruling is an embarrassment for former chancellor six months after she retired from politics

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Combative Merkel denies appeasing Putin over Ukraine

    Germany’s interests meant finding ‘modus vivendi’ with Russia, says ex-chancellor in first interview since leaving office

  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    ReviewPolitical books
    Germany’s Russia Problem — a tricky balancing act

    Be it Ukraine or energy supply, John Lough’s book says Berlin needs to hit a new note in relations with Moscow

  • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
    German politics
    Olaf Scholz elected German chancellor by Bundestag

    Unprecedented 3-party coalition promises fresh start for Europe’s largest economy

  • Sunday, 5 December, 2021
    The Big Read
    How migration became a weapon in a ‘hybrid war’

    Governments are increasingly using displaced people to exploit Europe’s divisions and fears over migrants

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    News in-depthGerman politics
    Merkel leaves bittersweet legacy for ‘Ossis’ as she quits German politics

    Outgoing chancellor has said little about growing up in the former communist east

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    FT SeriesWomen of 2021
    Who are the women of 2021? FT readers respond

    Women who have shaped the year, chosen by our readers

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Germany moves towards mandatory vaccination and tightens Covid curbs

    Merkel and Scholz say fourth wave has put country in ‘serious’ situation

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    News in-depthBelarus
    EU pressure on Belarus over migrant crisis boosts hopes of a detente

    Diplomatic efforts intensify with second call between Angela Merkel and Alexander Lukashenko

  • Friday, 22 October, 2021
    EU eastern tensions
    Merkel warns of ‘spiral’ in Brussels’ conflict with Poland

    Chancellor expresses concern over state of EU at last European summit as German leader

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    EU rule of law
    Brussels wins support for further legal steps in dispute with Poland

    EU leaders back political dialogue alongside further potential sanctions over rule of law violations

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    Europe Express
    Poland to test Merkel’s summitry skills for the last time Premium content

    European Council organisers sought to steer leaders away from Polish issue

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    The Big Read
    Europe after Merkel: will Germany take a tougher approach?

    While senior figures forming the new coalition emphasise continuity, some want a less conciliatory foreign policy

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    Ruchir Sharma
    Angela Merkel’s shrewd avoidance of stale leader syndrome

    The German chancellor stands out among democratic heads of government for not becoming complacent or subject to scandal

  • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
    News in-depthGerman politics
    Merkel’s botched succession: how Germany’s leader failed to keep her party in power

    Longstanding chancellor accused of neglecting CDU and losing support of party’s rightwing

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    Gideon Rachman
    Why Germany is the west’s sanest country

    Lessons learnt from its 20th century history have helped it to avoid the perils of populism

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    World
    Further reading

    Minting coins; Merkel’s farewell; The Sopranos; and more.

  • Monday, 27 September, 2021
    Fashion
    Goodbye to the blazer as Angela Merkel prepares to step down

    The German chancellor’s look let her get on with the business of politics

  • Monday, 27 September, 2021
    German election
    Greens and FDP emerge as kingmakers in bid to succeed Merkel

    Traditionally dominant SPD and CDU/CSU must woo smaller parties to determine who becomes chancellor

  • Monday, 27 September, 2021
    German election
    Scholz and Social Democrats win tight German election

    Country heads for long talks over three-way coalition as Laschet insists CDU can also form government

  • Friday, 24 September, 2021
    FT Swamp Notes
    Angela Merkel really was from Venus Premium content

    The German chancellor has her faults. But the right question in politics is always to ask ‘compared to what?’

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    News in-depthGerman politics
    Merkel woos voters one more time to prop up Laschet’s faltering campaign

    German chancellor tries to sprinkle stardust on preferred successor ahead of Sunday’s poll

  • Monday, 20 September, 2021
    ExplainerGerman economy
    The Merkel era in charts: what changed in Germany?

    Germans are richer, women have more jobs, but the country failed to prepare for a greener, digital future

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