Six of Our Favorite Stories on Germany’s Politics
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Six of Our Favorite Stories on Germany’s Politics
Read more » _____ The relationship between President Vladimir V. Putin
and Ms. Merkel is still only cordial, despite dozens of meetings and scores of telephone calls over the years.
Alice Schwarzer, the country’s best-known feminist, put it this way: "Since 2005, little girls can decide: Do
I become a hairdresser — or chancellor?" Our correspondent Katrin Bennhold investigated this contradiction.
Read more » _____ Germany is one of the few world powers to be led by a woman,
but Ms. Merkel’s prominence has not made as much impact on the country’s gender bias as some would have hoped for.
Less than two months after what seemed to be an electoral victory, Chancellor Angela Merkel is struggling to form a government and has said
that if she fails, she prefers new elections over a minority government.
Read more » _____ Escaping violence in Libya, Abode struggles to belong in a German town that has become a flashpoint of anti-immigrant anger.
Angela Merkel has spent 12 years at the helm of the largest, richest country in Europe,
but has never liked being "singled out or being put on a pedestal," her biographer says.
Read more » _____ The relationship between President Vladimir V. Putin
and Ms. Merkel is still only cordial, despite dozens of meetings and scores of telephone calls over the years.
Alice Schwarzer, the country’s best-known feminist, put it this way: "Since 2005, little girls can decide: Do
I become a hairdresser — or chancellor?" Our correspondent Katrin Bennhold investigated this contradiction.
Read more » _____ Germany is one of the few world powers to be led by a woman,
but Ms. Merkel’s prominence has not made as much impact on the country’s gender bias as some would have hoped for.
Less than two months after what seemed to be an electoral victory, Chancellor Angela Merkel is struggling to form a government and has said
that if she fails, she prefers new elections over a minority government.
Read more » _____ Escaping violence in Libya, Abode struggles to belong in a German town that has become a flashpoint of anti-immigrant anger.
Angela Merkel has spent 12 years at the helm of the largest, richest country in Europe,
but has never liked being "singled out or being put on a pedestal," her biographer says.