Christopher Schuetze

Berlin, Germany

Reporter at The New York Times

not quite a real Berliner yet, but I'll definitely give directions and talk about how things used to be.

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Articles

Germany Gets a New Chancellor, in Unexpectedly Dramatic Fashion

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jim Tankersley |Christopher Schuetze

Friedrich Merz secured the top job but only after losing on his first attempt, a surprise that potentially weakens his government at a fraught time for Germany and EuropeFriedrich Merz became Germany's 10th postwar chancellor on Tuesday after a historic stumble that could complicate his efforts to revive the nation's slumping economy, tighten its borders and rebuild its military, at a time when an isolated Europe is hungry for strong German leadership.
Friedrich Merz Wins Second Vote to Become Germany’s Leader

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Jim Tankersley |Christopher Schuetze |Melissa Eddy

Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat in parliament that threatened to hobble the next government before it was sworn into office. Merz was set to immediately begin the ceremonial tasks of assuming the country’s top leadership post, which were delayed half a day by the events in parliament, before embarking Wednesday for Paris and Warsaw, Poland, to meet with key allies.
Germany's New Leader Leaps Into a World of Crises

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Schuetze |Jim Tankersley

Friedrich Merz is becoming chancellor at the most challenging time for Germany since reunification 35 years ago. Two decades ago, before Friedrich Merz came back from the private sector to win the German chancellorship, he accepted an invitation to a gathering of the French Foreign Legion in Corsica. At the last moment, the organizers asked him to arrive on the parade ground not by road or rail, but by parachute. Mr. Merz, then a corporate lawyer, had never jumped out of a plane.
80 Years After Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation, Witnesses Remember

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Schuetze

The anniversary of the end of the Nazi era comes at a pivotal time for Germans. The last of the survivors, liberators and perpetrators are dying, as the far right is becoming more established. Lockered Gahs, known unofficially as Bud, was a 20-year-old soldier in the U.S. Army who had been fighting for a year when he and his unit first entered the Dachau concentration camp just outside Munich in 1945.
Far-Right AfD Is Labeled Extremist by Germany's Intelligence Agency

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Schuetze

The designation is certain to inflame debates over whether the party should be banned, though some polls show it to be the most popular in the country. Germany's domestic intelligence service has classified the far-right Alternative for Germany, which some polls show as the most popular in the country, as an extremist party, the German authorities announced on Friday.
Berlin doctor charged with serial murder of palliative patients

4 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Christopher Schuetze

By Christopher F. Schuetze April 17, 2025 — 11.47am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hanover, Germany: Authorities in Germany have charged a Berlin palliative care doctor with killing 15 patients over the course of three years. The public prosecutor said that a further 75 patient deaths were being investigated as suspicious.
Palliative Care Doctor Is Charged With Serial Murder of 15 Patients in Germany

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Schuetze

A British family doctor, Harold Shipman, was convicted in 2000 of murdering 15 of his patients. A later inquiry found that he had killed at least 215, over a period of 23 years. Also in Britain, Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse, was convicted in 2023 and 2024 of killing seven babies and trying to kill seven others.
Germany Is Falling Apart (Literally). Here's How the New Government Might Fix It.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Schuetze

The AVUS, on the western edge of Berlin, opened in 1921 as an automobile racetrack. It was the forerunner of the modern German autobahn and is now integrated into the city's highway system. By some measures, it was once the fastest road in Germany. Now, some consider it among the slowest. Last month, engineers found a crack in part of a bridge on the highway that connects Berlin with the AVUS, forcing its closure and causing huge commuter delays.
Coalition deal in Germany clears way for Friedrich Merz to become chancellor

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Schuetze

BERLIN – Germany’s centrist parties announced Wednesday that they had formally reached a coalition agreement to allow Friedrich Merz, a conservative, to take the reins as chancellor at a tumultuous moment when Europe’s economic and security order is being upended.
Coalition Deal in Germany Clears Way for Friedrich Merz to Become Chancellor

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Schuetze

Daniel Friedrich Sturm, writing in Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin's largest daily newspaper, noted, "It is now really time for the black-red negotiators to finally get their act together - and for the citizens to be able to see six and a half weeks after the election what this potential government wants to tackle and how." Recent polls suggest that the AfD, which won 20.8 percent of the vote in February, and the conservatives, which took 28.6 percent, would be running neck and neck if an election...