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CSU Leader Horst Seehofer with Angela Merkel The Christian Social Union, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative allies, lost their absolute majority in Bavaria's state parliamentary elections on Sunday, winning 35.5 percent of the vote, down from 47.7 percent five years ago, exit polls...

"Greece must take responsibility for the protection of the EU's external borders, which are currently not secure," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said calling for an urgent intensification of dialogues between Greece and Turkey. "All European Union member states ought to participate in the reception...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces dissent from her coalition ranks as she prepares to extend Greece’s bailout. Although the German Parliament is set to vote in favor of the Greek bailout extension, there will be a lot of internal growling...

Athens might have struck a deal with its partners on Friday’s Eurogroup, although the agreed four-month extension of the loan agreement has to now be approved by the Eurozone member states’ national Parliaments. German Chancelor Angela Merkel has warned...

Congratulations to SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras came in on Sunday night from German politicians. Bodo Ramelow, Minister-President of Thuringia, expressed his congratulations, to which Tsipras responded that "this is not a victory just for SYRIZA, but a new start...

Apparently frustrated she spends a lot of her time defending why she's so tough on Greece - insisting on harsh austerity measures in return for her country's backing of international bailout loans - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Greece...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said he was looking forward to a "new start" in Greece's relations with the conservative German state of Bavaria, one of his country's harshest critics, ahead of his visit there on Dec. 9. Samaras' trip...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is set to visit the southern German state of Bavaria, the stronghold of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria party that has been strident in its criticism of Greece, German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported...

A senior figure in Germany's governing coalition whose party has talked particularly tough on Greece has signaled that he's open to giving Athens more time to get its finances in order. Over the summer, prominent officials in the Christian Social...