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German minister offers to resign if university revokes title

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Lawmaker criticized for proposal on kids with poor German

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Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) takes part in the presentation of the appointment and dismissal certificate as Federal Minister of Justice to Katarina Barley (SPD) and the new Federal Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht (SPD) by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Bellevue Castle in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 27, 2019. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Angela Merkel health questions cloud future

By Michael Scarturro - Special to The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second right, attends a memorial event at the Defence Ministry in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, July 20, 2019. On July 20, 2019 Germany marks the 75th anniversary of the failed attempt to kill Hitler in 1944. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany marks 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this Friday, July 12, 2019 photo a picture of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, left, and Albrecht Ritter Merz von Quirnheim is displayed a the exhibition at the German Resistance Memorial Center inside the Bendlerblock building of the defensive ministry in Berlin. Stauffenberg was one of the leaders of the failed assassinate to Adolf Hitler one July 20, 1944. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany honors resisters who tried to assassinate Hitler

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends her annual sommer press conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Merkel criticizes Trump comments on congresswomen

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in the school strike demonstration Fridays for future in Berlin, Germany, July 19, 2019. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

Merkel defends German climate moves as rally urges action

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, smiles as she arrives for her annual sommer press conference in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Merkel fends off worries about her health

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Ursula von der Leyen gestures after being elected as the new European Commission President at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Von der Leyen: pro-EU fixture in Merkel’s Cabinets

By GEIR MOULSON and RAF CASERT - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves a lunch that followed Bastille Day parade Sunday, July 14, 2019 on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Germany’s Merkel sits through anthems again

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts during a news conference with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, July 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Tell me again — why are we defending Germany?

By L. Todd Wood - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers to questions during a news conference following a meeting with the Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Merkel sits for anthems after shaking episodes

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne listen to the national anthems during the welcoming ceremony at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Merkel seen shaking for 3rd time in a month

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FILE-In this Aug. 2, 2017 file photo German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen arrives for the cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin. EU leaders reconvened Tuesday July 2, 2019, for a formal summit to consider a list of top job candidates that may have Ursula von der Leyen becoming president of the executive European Commission. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Von der Leyen: pro-EU fixture in Merkel’s Cabinets

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. European Union leaders continued a third day of talks to seek a breakthrough in a diplomatic fight over who should be picked for a half dozen of jobs at top EU institutions. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

The Latest: Macron says EU picks reflect Franco-German bond

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel fans herself with a piece of paper to cool down as she sits next to Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Council President of the Evangelical Church in Germany, during the annual reception of the Evangelical Church in Germany in Berlin, Wednesday June 26, 2019. (Ralf Hirschberger/dpa via AP)

Germany’s Merkel seen shaking again at Berlin event

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 25, 2012 file photo, Walter Luebcke, who was in charge of the Kassel area regional administration, talks to media in Kassel, Germany. Germany's top security official says the far-right extremist suspected in the killing of a politician from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has told authorities that he acted alone. Walter Luebcke, who led the Kassel regional administration in central Germany, was fatally shot in the head at his home on June 2, 2019. (Uwe Zucch/dpa via AP)

Germany: 2 arrested over weapon used in politician’s killing

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President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump praises Angela Merkel as ‘fantastic person’

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Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) takes part in the presentation of the appointment and dismissal certificate as Federal Minister of Justice to Katarina Barley (SPD) and the new Federal Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht (SPD) by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Bellevue Castle in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 27, 2019. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Angela Merkel shaking incident is second in a week

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a board meeting of her Christian Democratic Union at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 24, 2019. (Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Merkel doesn’t see G-20 resolving global conflicts

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