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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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