Chancellor Angela Merkel

Update news Chancellor Angela Merkel

German voters batter Merkel over migrant policy

 Voters punished Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in three German regional elections on Sunday, giving a thumbs-down to her open-door refugee policy and turning in droves to the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Migrant crisis: Germany to release funds to help regions cope

 Germany's coalition government has agreed to spend 6bn euros (£4.4bn) to support record numbers of migrants and other measures to deal with the influx.