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A seasonal worker from Rumania harvests asparagus on a field of farmer Henning Hoffheinz near Genthin, Germany, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Last year, German farmers employed nearly 300,000 seasonal workers but as more and more European Union countries have restricted or stopped crossings of their usually near-invisible borders because of the coronavirus outbreak, Hoffheinz and others are left wondering how they will bring in their crops this year. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel’s party to pick new head at online convention Jan 16

Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, outgoing party chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, left, and the governor of German state North Rhine Westphalia Armin Laschet, right, attend a Christian Democratic Union party board meeting at the headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Field narrows in bid to lead Chancellor Merkel’s CDU party

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Hamburg, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23. Hamburg, Germany's second-biggest city which is also one of Germany's 16 federal states elect a new regional assembly. (Daniel Reinhardt/dpa via AP)

Germany’s Social Democrats on course to win in Hamburg vote

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, right, chairwomen of the German Christian Democratic party (CDU), and the party's secretary general Paul Ziemiak, left, arrive for a venue walkabout in Leipzig, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 prior to this week's CDU party convention in Leipzig. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Merkel’s heir apparent takes on critics, wins applause

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

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)

Alternative for Germany emboldened by Angela Merkel exit

By Austin Davis and Eros Banaj — Special to The Washington Times

Martin Schulz, the German Social Democratic Party's popular top candidate, has momentum that puts Chancellor Angela Merkel's hopes for a fourth term at risk. (Associated Press)

Angela Merkel, Martin Schulz election in Germany to gauge winds of change

By Austin Davis — Special to The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech at an election campaign event her German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Fulda, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Words in background read: 'For Germany'. General elections are scheduled for Sunday Sept. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Merkel’s party looks to Social Democrats for ruling coalition in Germany

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Center-right team to lead Dutch

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Flanked by two bodyguards, populist anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders (center) prepares to cast his ballot in The Hague on June 9, 2010. (Associated Press)

Swedish vote a bellwether as Europe moves right

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Populist anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders, center, casts his ballot in general elections in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday June 9, 2010. Polls opened Wednesday in the Netherlands where Dutch voters will elect a new parliament after an election campaign focused on economic and immigration policy. The conservative VVD party and its leader Mark Rutte are leading in opinion surveys on a deficit-busting, tough-on-immigration platform. The anti-Islam Freedom Party and its leader Geert Wilders also hope to book large gains. (AP Photo/Cynthia Boll)

Formal talks begin for Dutch coalition government

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

The Netherlands' center-right Liberal Party, led by Mark Rutte, shown in this file photo casting his ballot in general elections June 9, 2010, is in talks to forge a coalition for a three-party government with Maxime Verhagen's Christian Democratic Appeal, backed by the outside support of Geert Wilders's anti-Islam Freedom Party. (AP Photo/Evert-Jan Daniels)

Netherlands heads for first postwar minority government

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

**FILE** VVD Party leader Mark Rutte casts his ballot in the general election in The Hague on June 9, 2010. (Associated Press)

Dutch election victor seeks right-wing coalition

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times