FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference in the Federal Chancellery following the video conference with the country’s 16 state leaders on the surge in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Berlin, Germany, November 18, 2021. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel told leaders of her conservative party that measures being taken to stop the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s biggest economy were insufficient and that stronger action needed to be taken.
“We are in a highly dramatic situation. What is in place now is not sufficient,” she told CDU leaders in a meeting, according to two participants.
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