German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the murder of George Floyd, the black man whose death in U.S. police custody set off a wave of protests, was a "very very terrible thing" and called for reconciliation.

Germany's Angela Merkel reiterated on Thursday that she was sticking to her decision not to run again for a fifth term as chancellor of Europe's biggest economy.

An EU-China summit to have taken place in Leipzig, Germany, on 14 September under Germany's EU presidency "can't take place at the envisaged time due to the overall pandemic situation", German chancellor Angela Merkel's office said Wednesday. Merkel had spoken to Chinese president Xi Jinping and European Council president Charles Michel by phone, her office added, but three sides had not yet fixed a new date.

German chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday she would spend an extra €130bn to stimulate the economy in 2020 and 2021 in the wake of the pandemic. Measures include lowering VAT and transferring local government debt to federal level. They also include an allocation of €300 per child per family and doubling subsidies for purchases of electric cars to add a green element to Germany's industrial rescue plans.

BEIJING, June 4 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China stands ready to work with Germany and the European Union (EU) to strengthen strategic cooperation, uphold multilateralism, tackle global challenges, and jointly add certainty to the current world of uncertainty. In a telephone conversation in the night with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Xi noted that it was the third time since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak that he and Merkel had spoken over the phone, which reflects the deep political mutual trust and close strategic communication between the two...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition on Wednesday agreed on a stimulus package worth 130 billion euros ($146 billion) to help companies and workers in Europe's largest economy recover more quickly from the coronavirus pandemic.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition on Wednesday agreed a bumper stimulus package to speed up Germany's recovery from the coronavirus

Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition on Wednesday agreed a bumper stimulus package to speed up Germany's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, overcoming differences on incentives to buy new cars and relief for highly indebted municipalities.