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Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the award ceremony for the National Integration Prize at the Federal Chancellery.
National Integration Prize 2019

"The aim is that everybody can contribute to society"

The Day the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989

The photo shows the Chancellor lighting a candle in memory of the victims.
30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Remembrance, commemoration, celebrations

People from West and East Berlin stand on and beside the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate.
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The Day the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989

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Chancellor Angela Merkel in conversation with Ursula von der Leyen, designated President of the European Commission
Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Ursula von der Leyen

"Germany will only do well, if Europe does well"

Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement to the press with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Berlin

A pillar of Germany's foreign policy

Chancellor Angela Merkel and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg give a press conference at the Federal Chancellery.
Angela Merkel receives NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

"NATO is and will remain the cornerstone of our security"

An electric car is being charged at a charging station.
Concerted action for mobility

More charging stations, higher purchase price rebates

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The German Council of Economic Experts presents its annual report to Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Annual report

Mastering structural change

The German Council of Economic Experts has presented its annual report to the Chancellor. In it, the experts welcome a number of priorities of the German government, including the balanced budget and higher investment. 

The Cabinet has now adopted

A tram drives along its rails beside two lanes of slow-moving cars on a road.
Local Transport Financing Act

Billions of euros more in assistance for local public transport

A polar bear leaps from one ice floe to another.
Report on financial assistance and tax concessions

Special focus on climate action

More about the German government’s climate policy

Check out the climate action section to find out more

The flags of the European Union and the United Kingdom
UK withdrawal from the EU

EU states agree on Article 50 extension

The EU states have agreed to extend the deadline for the UK’s withdrawal to the end of January 2020. If the withdrawal agreement is ratified before this date, the UK can leave earlier, announced Donald Tusk, President of the European Council.

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