Merkel wins 2nd term, new coalition in German election; rival Steinmeier crushed German voters handed conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel a second term and ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - A new generation of German voters, some born after the fall of the Berlin Wall, are rejecting mainstream parties that ...
Aktivisten entwicklungspolitischer Organisationen tragen Masken der Spitzenkandidaten fuer die Bundestagswahl, Frank-Walter Steinmeier und Angela Merkel, rechts, waehrend eines Protests am Montag, 21. September 2009, vor dem Reichstag in Berlin. Die Aktion des Verbandes Entwicklungspolitik Deutscher Nichtregierungs-Organisationen, VENRO, stand unter dem Motto "Armut ...
Ein unbesetzter Tisch mit zwei leeren Stuehlen vor Wahlkampfplakaten der CDU-Vorsitzenden und Kanzlerin Angela Merkel und ihres sozialdemokratischen Herausforderers Frank-Walter Steinmeier am Dienstag, 22. September 2009 in Hamburg Finkenwerder. Die Bundestagswahlen finden am Sonntag, 27. September 2009 statt. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer) -- ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel responded to critics of her election campaign on Friday, vowing to return Germany to sustained growth if voters give her both a new term and the center-right coalition that eluded her four years ago. In a news ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's beleaguered challenger performed better than expected in a TV debate two weeks before elections but failed to land a knock-out punch, the press said Monday. Trailing by a double-digit margin in the polls, Social Democrat (SPD) rival Frank-Walter ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her rival, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, sparred Sunday on minimum wages and nuclear power in an otherwise tepid TV debate before elections in two weeks' time. The conservative Merkel and Steinmeier, her vice-chancellor and the Social Democrats' candidate, also ...
Germany's Steinmeier advocates preparing over next 4 years for Afghan withdrawal Germany's foreign minister on Sunday advocated laying the foundations by 2013 for an eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who he is challenging in elections later this month, said it ...
Merkel pushes economic growth in German election debate, challenger urges 'social balance' Chancellor Angela Merkel faced her challenger in a subdued TV debate two weeks before German elections, arguing Sunday that the country needs a new center-right government to boost Europe's biggest ...
Angela Merkel and Frank-Walter Steinmeier are poised to battle it out on Sunday in a TV debate seen as the latter's last chance to close the gap on the German chancellor two weeks before elections. In Germany's fourth ever TV election debate, ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel goes head to head with Social Democrat (SPD) challenger Frank-Walter Steinmeier in a TV debate later on Sunday which may help determine the outcome of Germany's election on September 27. With the SPD trailing Merkel's ...
Where's the battle? Germany's Merkel heads toward re-election with softly-softly campaign Angela Merkel nearly campaigned herself to a shock election defeat in 2005. This year, she is running a low-key, almost genteel campaign and it's paying off — she's leading the polls ...
