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FILE -- in this Tuesday, June 12, 2018 photo Friedrich Merz attends a meeting of the economic council of the Chistian Democratic Party in Berlin, Germany. Merz lost his post as the party's parliamentary leader to Merkel in 2002 and has been absent from front-line politics in recent years. (Jens Buettner/dpa via AP)

Party job contender downplays tension with Germany’s Merkel

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Christian Democratic Party, CDU, chairwoman and Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves leave after a news conference after a party's leaders meeting at the headquarters the in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Merkel won’t seek a 5th term as German chancellor

By GEIR MOULSON and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens to a question during a press conference after talks with Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis in Prague, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Germany’s Angela Merkel prepares to give up party job: Reports

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German Christian Democratic Party, CDU, chairwoman and Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a news conference after a party's leaders meeting at the headquarters the in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The Latest: Macron praises Merkel’s ‘respectable’ decision

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FILE - In this June 18, 2018 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talks with the Prime Minister of the Hesse state Volker Bouffier, right, prior to leaders meetings of her Christion Democratic Union party at the party's headquarters in Berlin. The stakes are unusually high for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government as the central region of Hesse votes in a state election this weekend. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Germany’s governing parties punished in state election

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union party leaves the headquarters after a board meeting in Berlin, Monday, July 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Angela Merkel faces off with her rebellious allies over migration

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have shifted course since the Berlin terrorist attack, but the rival Alternative for Germany party is gaining steam. (Associated Press)

Germany’s far-right party seizes on Berlin truck attack, says Angela Merkel ‘complicit’

By Austin Davis - Special to The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has tamped down — at least for now — the outrage and a flight of support from her Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, among conservative voters who fear that the approximately 1 million refugees arriving in Europe's largest economy this year might include terrorists like those who staged mass shootings in Paris last month. (Associated Press)

Angela Merkel stands firm amid Germany refugee crisis

By Mihret Yohannes and Angela Waters - Special to The Washington Times

A conservative politician who crossed the aisle and has joined the German Green Party's campaign to legalize marijuana has revived a long-running debate about the drug in Europe's largest economy. (Associated Press)

Germany marijuana legalization push revives debate over drug policy

By Angela Waters - Special to The Washington Times

Angela Merkel, German chancellor and chairwoman of the Christian Democratic party, smiles during a news conference after a party's board meeting in Berlin on Sept. 23, 2013. (Associated Press)

Merkel reaches out to rivals on coalition

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves during an election campaign event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in Bad Koestritz, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Merkel’s allies appear to triumph in German state of Bavaria

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Peer Steinbruck, leader of the center-left Social Democrats, presents the main challenge to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Despite his gaffes, Mr. Steinbruck has put Mrs. Merkel on the defensive by using the German government's links to the National Security Agency eavesdropping scandal as a campaign issue. (Associated Press)

Germany is likely to forge ahead with Merkel policy

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who also is chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU), delivers her keynote speech at the party's 2012 convention in Hanover, Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Merkel sets stage for 2013 elections

By David Rising - Associated Press

German state election deals new setback to Merkel

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Merkel’s coalition digests painful election defeat

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

A chafing social bind in Germany

By Ben Tyree