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Angela Merkel said this a few months before she became German chancellor. In a July 2005 interview with the Financial Times journalists Bertrand Benoit and Andrew Gowers, she explained her approach to politics in a single sentence: "A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution." She went on to add that anyone in politics has to avoid depending on a single interest group, since that dependence is exactly what makes real compromise impossible.

Changes to sick leave rules, increased tax benefits, and more under the new economic reforms introduced by German Chancellor Merz's coalition government.

The daredevil couple who got engaged atop the Empire State Building's antenna have been released after pleading not guilty.

Germany's coalition announces significant tax and labor reforms, promising EUR600 annual relief for families to boost economic growth.

BREAKING: Two people climbed atop the Empire State Building's 1,454-foot spire and unfurled a banner reading, "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace." Police are working to bring them down safely. pic.twitter.com/XbbVA7kuY5

Germany, often at the centre of Europe's sick leave debate, records 3.6 weeks of sick leave a year.

The German government argues that high levels of employee absenteeism are hurting productivity at a time when the country's economy is struggling.

A record-breaking heat wave has moved on, with temperatures sinking rapidly amid many storms. The foreign minister is heading to Washington for talks with his US counterpart.