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Sick leave from day 1? When Kohl failed over waiting days: The collective bargaining coverage of many employees could still thwart Friedrich Merz's plans - | ...
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Paid articlePaywall Federal President: Merz Stumbles Into the Bellevue Trap: Choosing a federal president—even Kohl and Merkel stumbled there. And Merz? The CSU is celebrating Ilse ...
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"Actually a real problem": Daniel Günther talks about sex on a bearskin rug: Daniel Günther isn't shy in front of microphones. On Ina Müller's show ...
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Leadership fetish instead of citizen engagement: The rapid loss of authority and power that the CDU/CSU and the Chancellor have suffered in less than two years ...
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Paid articlePaywall Merz: These are the tricks the Chancellor can learn from Kohl and Merkel: Is Chancellor Merz on his way out? That's what was said about Germany's ...
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Continued wage payment in Germany: Where are all the malingerers hiding?: Employees in Germany call in sick more often than elsewhere. This could be due to the ...
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From Chancellor to Chancellor: Merz sends flowers for Kohl's grave: From Chancellor to Chancellor: Merz sends flowers for Kohl's grave - | Speyer - | DIE ...
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“You’re not ruling out tax increases?”: Markus Lanz corners Kohl’s grandson: On “Markus Lanz,” CDU politician Johannes Volkmann came under pressure when the ...
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Paid articlePaywall Berlin: Helmut Kohl Avenue: Family does not attend inauguration: After a long struggle in the capital, Berlin has now immortalized the Chancellor of German ...
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Berlin renames street to Helmut Kohl Avenue - | Merkel and Merz cancel celebration
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Physiognomy of power: Adenauer's expression was a consequence of his profound distrust of the German people
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Pension dispute: What Merz overlooked in Kohl and Merkel: Friedrich Merz wants to save his pension package by promising a major reform. But a look back shows ...
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Dispute over use of name: Kohl's widow sues Helmut Kohl Foundation: The widow of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl is suing a foundation established by the ...
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Wolfgang Grupp rails against high level of sickness absence - | "Doctors are writing sick notes for no reason"
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Vote in the Bundestag: No candidate for chancellor has ever failed in the first round of voting.
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Helmut Kohl called him a "cheeky scoundrel": The unlikely rise of the conservative outsider Merz - | Zofinger Tagblatt
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Paid articlePaywall Campanha: Friedrich Merz é alvo do mesmo ódio que Kohl e Strauss em tempos tiveram
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Paid articlePaywall Sahra Wagenknecht praises Helmut Kohl - | and denounces Friedrich Merz: BSW boss Sahra Wagenknecht reaffirms her hard line in the talks in the states and does ...
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