Paper-thin centre-left win ends 16 yrs of conservative-led Merkel govt
Social Democrats' narrow win over Merkel's bloc leaves German govt in limbo
With less than 2 months before Germany holds an election, the environmentalist Green party has announced a 10-point plan that puts the Paris climate accord's goal at the heart of its election program
Laschet, the head of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, won the backing of 31 out of 46 members of his party's top committee
I stand for renewal, others stand for status quo, says Baerbock
The head of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, Armin Laschet, on Monday rallied his party's leadership behind his bid to become the center-right candidate for Germany's next leader
Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered heavy setbacks in two state polls, an inauspicious start in the key election year which is expected to produce a successor to the chancellor
Chancellor Merkel and her main challenger have urged Germans not to back the right-wing populist AfD party
The ruling Christian Democrat Union-led bloc is likely to come out ahead