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A seasonal worker from Rumania harvests asparagus on a field of farmer Henning Hoffheinz near Genthin, Germany, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Last year, German farmers employed nearly 300,000 seasonal workers but as more and more European Union countries have restricted or stopped crossings of their usually near-invisible borders because of the coronavirus outbreak, Hoffheinz and others are left wondering how they will bring in their crops this year. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel’s party to pick new head at online convention Jan 16

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, casts her vote after the debate about Germany's budget 2021, at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German broadcast fee raise blocked after political standoff

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel adjusts her face mask as she arrives for a parliament session about German government's policies to combat the spread of the coronavirus and COVID-19 disease at the parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Merkel and the country's 16 state governors have agreed to extend a partial shutdown well into December in an effort to further reduce the rate of coronavirus infections ahead of the Christmas period. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel urges patience as German virus restrictions extended

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

A car stand in front of the chancellery after it crashed into the front gate of the building housing German Chancellors Angela Merkel’s offices in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. The slogan on the car reads: 'Stop the globalisation policy&quot;. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Berlin police: Car hits chancellery gate, little damage

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a joint news conference with Finance Minister Olaf Scholz after a virtual G20 summit meeting, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Sunday Nov. 22, 2020. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP)

Germany extends partial shutdown to curb virus spread

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, pool)

Merkel, German governors to eye results of partial lockdown

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) gives a press conference to capital city journalists at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin, Monday, Nov.2, 2020. The Chancellor will inform media representatives about the results of the corona cabinet on corona measures and the current situation of the infection incidence. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Germany eyes antigen tests to keep elderly safe from virus

By Frank Jordans and Nadine Achoui-Lesage - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) gives a press conference to capital city journalists at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin, Monday, Nov.2, 2020. The Chancellor will inform media representatives about the results of the corona cabinet on corona measures and the current situation of the infection incidence. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Merkel cautious on US vote comment, says she values science

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An Orthodox worshiper, wearing a mask for protection against the COVID-19 infection, prays during a religious service, on the first day of the Saint Dimitrie Basarabov pilgrimage in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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A pedestrian walks over a reminder to wear face masks sprayed on the sidewalk at the Karl-Marx-Strasse at the district Neukoelln in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Karl-Marx-Strasse is one of the streets in the German capital where face masks are mandatory to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany heads into November ‘lockdown light’ to slow virus

By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. European Union leaders met for the second day of an EU summit, amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic, to discuss topics on foreign policy issues. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool via AP)

Merkel: EU summit on China called off as virus resurges

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a press conference after a meeting with the governors of the German states in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (Stefanie Loos/Pool Photo via AP)

Germany agrees to tighten virus rules as infections rise

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Soldiers, experts to help German cities as virus cases rise

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 13, 2020 taken photo Armin Laschet, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, makes a statement after the polling stations are closed in Duesseldorf, Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party easily defended its position as the strongest force in Germany's most populous region in municipal elections, a result that may boost the state governor's position as he vies to succeed the country's longtime leader. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Merkel’s party, Greens win in local vote in key German state

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In this April 9, 2010, file photo, a Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia, during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, file)

Navalny poisoning sparks Angela Merkel to eye ending Nord Stream 2 deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after a statement about latest developments in the case of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020.Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack and poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government said Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 citing new test results. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Russia: Germany has provided no proof of Navalny poisoning

By DARIA LITVINOVA and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to the media at the Federal Press Conference during her traditional summer press conference on current domestic and foreign policy issues in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (Michael Kappeler/Pool via AP)

Focused on pandemic, Merkel has no time for retirement plans

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The central building of Charite hospital where Russian dissident Alexei Navalny is treating, seen behind the Chancellery in Berlin, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling on Russian authorities to conduct a full investigation of the poisoning of dissident Alexei Navalny and to bring those responsible to justice. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

Germany’s Merkel: Don’t link Navalny case to pipeline plan

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Climate activists Greta Thunberg, center, and Luisa Neubauer, front right, arrive for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Thunberg, fellow activists press Merkel over climate action

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for a press conference at the Fort de Bregancon, southern France, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. The leaders of Germany and France are meeting Thursday at a Mediterranean retreat for talks on how to resuscitate Europe's economy without causing a new virus crisis, and on a growing number of global hot spots. (Christophe Simon/Pool Photo via AP)

France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections

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