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German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers questions of lawmakers during a parliament session of the Bundestag in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany: Merkel questions left’s backing for French protests

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives to attend a UN Migration Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, Monday, Dec.10, 2018. Top U.N. officials and government leaders from about 150 countries are uniting around an agreement on migration, while finding themselves on the defensive about the non-binding deal amid criticism and a walkout from the United States and some other countries. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

The Latest: Red Cross: Migrant policy mustn’t add suffering

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CDU party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, left, congratulates the newly elected party's general secretary Paul Ziemiak, right, during a party convention of the Christian Democratic Party CDU in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

New head of Merkel party seeks to build bridges with rivals

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel, waves after her farewell speech during a party convention of the CDU in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. 1001 delegates are electing a successor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel who doesn't run for party chairmanship after more than 18 years at the helm of the party. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: Vote narrows to replace Merkel as party chief

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Angela Merkel named commencement speaker at Harvard

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, congratulates newly elected party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer after the election at the party convention of the Christian Democratic Democratic Union CDU in Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Merkel ally, wins fight to head CDU in Germany

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this April 9, 2010, photo a Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone in Portovaya Bay some 170 km (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia, during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction. In a combative start to his NATO visit, President Donald Trump asserted Wednesday that a pipeline project has made Germany &quot;totally controlled&quot; by and "captive to Russia" and blasted NATO allies' defense spending, opening what was expected to be a fraught summit with a list of grievances involving American allies. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) **FILE**

Political table set for battle over Nord Stream 2 in Germany

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

3 contrasting contenders in Germany vie to succeed Merkel

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the German Ukrainian Economy Forum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: G20 leaders attend show in Argentine opera house

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the German Ukrainian Economy Forum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Merkel’s plane makes emergency stop, tech issues reported

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the German Ukrainian Economy Forum in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Angela Merkel plane makes emergency landing

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, right, shake hands after a joint statement at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Merkel encourages Thai PM to lead his country to democracy

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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2018 file photo Friedrich Merz, former CDU faction leader, left, Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn, center, and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, General Secretary of the German Christian Democratic Union, all members of the German Christian Democratic Party, attend a CDU regional conference and present their concepts as candidates for the CDU chairmanship in Seebach, central Germany. Merz has been criticized by Spahn and Kramp-Karrenbauer for his comments on the growth of the Alternative for Germany, AfD, party. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)

Contender to lead Merkel’s party takes heat from rivals

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In this Nov. 21, 2018 photo Friedrich Merz, former CDU faction leader, gestures during his speech at the CDU regional conference to present his concept as candidate for the CDU chairmanship in Seebach, central Germany. The regional conference is the third of eight nationwide meetings of this kind. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

German foreign minister rejects questioning of asylum right

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Illustration on the prospect of a European regional army by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

‘Macron’s disease’ and the cure of European burden sharing

By Douglas Macgregor

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the budget debate of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Merkel rebuffs German nationalists over migration pact

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for a lunch the Elysee Palace after ceremonies Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 in Paris. International leaders attended a ceremony in Paris on Sunday at mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel struggle for Donald Trump strategy

By David McHugh - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2018, file photo, German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Angela Merkel, attends a press conference after a party's board meeting in Berlin, Germany. An upcoming biography of Merkel will draw upon extensive interviews with the German chancellor and with those who know her. Kati Marton’s “A Pastor’s Daughter” is scheduled for 2020, Simon &amp; Schuster announced Tuesday, Nov. 13. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Upcoming Merkel book includes extensive interviews with her

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel debates the future of Europe with the members of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, Nov.13, 2018. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Germany’s Merkel doubles down on demands for a ‘real, true European army’

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 10, 2018 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, right, look at their watches after they and other members of the government posed for a group photo during two-day retreat at the government guest house Meseberg castle in Gransee north of Berlin, Germany. In the center is German Justice Minister Katarina Barley. Germany's top security official, who has frequently criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel's migrant policy, is reportedly planning to quit his post in government.German news agency dpa quoted multiple unnamed party officials as saying Horst Seehofer told a meeting of the Christian Social Union on Sunday that he plans to relinquish its leadership and his role as interior minister in Merkel's government. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

The Latest: Germany’s Seehofer to remain interior minister

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