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German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a joint press conference as part of a meeting with the Prime Minister of Latvia, Krisjanis Karins in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Merkel welcomes idea of European aircraft carrier

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French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting as part of the &quot;great national debate&quot; on ecology matters in Greoux Les Bains, south of France, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, Pool)

Merkel successor backs Macron’s EU call, floats own ideas

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Germany: Head of Merkel’s party defends ‘3rd sex’ comment

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles as she arives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Macron, Merkel hold talks on Brexit and other EU issues

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence delivers his speech during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Angela Merkel defends Iran deal, multilateralism — but Mike Pence resists

By David Rising and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angele Merkel, center, arrives for a meeting during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. (Tobias Hase/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Merkel defends Iran deal; Pence blasts Europe

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File---In this picture taken Tuesday, June 27, 2017 leader of Germany's Social Democrats Andrea Nahles is seen during a press conference of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin, Germany, (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German ruling parties grapple with labor reforms, migration

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a military welcome ceremony for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Merkel closing her personal Facebook page

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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, left, chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union, CDU, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, attend a CDU board meeting in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel receiving Fulbright prize

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Union protesters hold flags prior to a meeting of a panel of experts on the exit of the using coal called 'Coal Commission' in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Germany wants to stop using coal, a major source of the carbon emissions that drive climate change. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Germans favor swift end to coal use as decision nears

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

At Davos, battle lines are drawn over trade and cooperation

By JAMEY KEATEN and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron, right, arrive at the townhall in Aachen, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are meeting in Aachen to sign a friendship treaty that recalls a historic pact the former enemies agreed in 1963. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Germany, France renew friendship treaty, warn of nationalism

By MARTIN MEISSNER and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 1963 file photo, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, centre left, hugs France President Charles de Gaulle after signing the Elysee friendship treaty in the Elysee palace in Paris, France. The leaders of France and Germany are poised to sign the Aachen accord Tuesday Jan. 22, 2019, renewing their friendship and pledging greater cooperation, exactly 56-years after their predecessors inked the Elysee Treaty that set the tone for the two countries’ future relations. (AP Photo/File)

AP Explains: Why are France and Germany renewing their vows?

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

New head of the Christian Social Union CSU Markus Soeder speaks at a party meeting in Munich, Germany, Saturady, Jan. 19, 2019. Letters in background read &quot;new strength&quot;(Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP)

Merkel’s Bavarian allies elect new head, ushering in new era

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 file photo, The Huawei office building at its research and development centre at Dongguan in south China's Guangdong province. In a statement issues Thursday Jan. 17, 2019, Britain's Oxford University says it is suspending research grants and funding donations from Huawei amid growing security concerns about the Chinese telecom giant. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, FILE)

The Latest: Canadian PM discusses China actions with Merkel

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Germany presses Turkey to show restraint in Syria

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for a photograph after the recording of her annual New Year's speech at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018. (John MacDougall/pool photo via AP)

Merkel vows Germany will keep pushing for ‘global solutions’

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

In this Nov. 9, 2018 photo Malakeh Jazmati carries food in her restaurant in Berlin, Germany. After fleeing her homeland’s civil war, Jazmati reinvented herself in Jordan as a TV chef and became known as the “queen of cooking” to fellow Syrian refugees. Now in Berlin she’s starting over again, opening a restaurant she hopes can serve as “medicine against homesickness” for the thousands of newly-arrived Syrians in the German capital. (AP Photo/Jona Kallgren)

A taste of home: Syrian TV-chef opens restaurant in Berlin

By JONA KALLGREN - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks down to a mobile devices as she leads the last cabinet meeting of the German government for this year, at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. The German government will decide at the meeting about an initiative to attract foreign skilled workers. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Former Merkel rival hints at interest in German govt job

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FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2018 file photo Christian Democratic Union, CDU, chairwoman and German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech during a party convention of the Christian Democratic Party CDU in Hamburg, Germany. The Washington-based Fulbright Association says its 2018 prize for international understanding will go to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The organization said Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 it had decided to award the prestigious prize to Merkel “for her remarkable, compassionate leadership and her strong commitment to mutual understanding, international cooperation and peace.” (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel to receive Fulbright prize

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