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People wait at the vaccination center in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Monday, April 26, 2021. Germany's COVID-19 vaccination program will be discussed at a meeting with Germany's state Governors and Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin today. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Germany to open up virus vaccinations to all adults in June

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

File - In this Thursday, March 25, 2021 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session of the German parliament Bundestag ahead of an European Union summit at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has talked about her country’s difficulties, during the coronavirus pandemic. In a lengthy television interview late Sunday she called for greater flexibility to tackle the latest surge in cases. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Merkel urges Germans to accept ‘tough’ virus restrictions

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel sits as a witness before the Bundestag's investigative committee on the Wirecard AG accounting scandal in Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Merkel defends lobbying for Wirecard on 2019 China visit

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In this Tuesday, March 30, 2021, file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media after a virtual meeting with federal state governors at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Merkel is defending her country's ongoing cooperation with Russia on the building of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline amid growing criticism of Moscow's treatment of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and aggression toward Ukraine. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool, File)

Merkel defends German/Russian pipeline construction

By David Rising - Associated Press

Armin Laschet, chairman of the German Christian Democratic party (CDU), addresses the media during a statement in front of the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Laschet wins battle to lead Merkel’s bloc in German election

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech during a parliament session about a new law to battle the coronavirus pandemic at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Merkel urges lawmakers to support pandemic bill

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this photo released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leads a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is heading Friday to Paris to discuss the tensions with French President Emmanuel Macron. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

France, Germany, Ukraine call for Russian troops withdrawal

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

An employee of the vaccination center of the Klinikum Stuttgart hospital puts a dish with Syringes of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus and the COVID-19 disease into a vaccination booth in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP)

Germany sees record vaccinations amid hospital warning

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, talks with German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, right, and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer prior to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday April 13, 2021. (John MACDOUGALL/AP via Pool)

German government seeks more powers to set pandemic rules

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 6, 2020 file photo Bavarian Governor Markus Soeder and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address the media during a joint press conference in Berlin, Germany. Armin Laschet, a governor who also leads Merkel’s party, called this week for a vaguely defined 2-3 week “bridge lockdown” to control infections while Germany steps up a so-far slow vaccination campaign. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has thrown her weight behind calls for a 'short, uniform lockdown'. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file, pool)

Merkel backs ‘short, uniform lockdown’ across Germany

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

People line up in front of the vaccination center at the Arena Treptow in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. This vaccination center in the German capital's Treptow district has used only the Pfizer vaccine since it was opened. German health officials agreed on Tuesday to restrict the use of AstraZeneca's vaccine in people under 60. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel: ‘A quiet Easter’ needed to counter rising infections

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Council for Interethnic Relations via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Leaders of Russia, France, Germany discuss global crises

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the German parliament Bundestag ahead of an European Union summit at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel faults German ‘perfectionism’ for current virus woes

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Merkel’s bloc dips in polls 6 months before German vote

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session of the German parliament Bundestag ahead of an European Union summit at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Merkel: EU needs to increase vaccine production

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes down her face mask as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. In the background left Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz. (Kay Nietfeld/Pool via AP)

Germany appears set to drop Easter shutdown plan

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a press conference in the Chancellor's Office following consultations between the federal and state governments in Berlin Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Germany extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections. (Michael Kappeler/Pool Photo via AP)

Angela Merkel departure ignites German election fight

By Eros Banaj - Special to The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 19, 2021. Chancellor Angela Merkel conferred with the governors of the country's 16 states to discuss how to move forward with the vaccination in Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany extends virus lockdown till mid-April as cases rise

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Annalena Baerbock, left, federal leader of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, and Robert Habeck, federal leader of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, walk in front of a giant decorative sunflower after the presentation of the draft of the Green Party's election manifesto for the Bundestag elections in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 19, 2021. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Germany: Greens set out climate-friendly vision for election

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

The headquartes of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party, CDU, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, reflected in a puddle in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, March 14, 2021. Regional election in federal German states Baden Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate are held today. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Merkel’s party faces German election ‘wake-up call’

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press