Christian Democratic Union

The German parliament is gearing up for a decisive week as at least eight committees are poised to review a comprehensive bill aimed at legalizing cannabis. The deliberations, scheduled for Wednesday, precede the final vote scheduled for Friday. If passed, this bill could mark a crucial moment in...

(Author Mark Fritz was East Berlin correspondent for the Associated Press from 1990–1993; as an editor on the Foreign Desk, he filed the bulletin on the fall of the Berlin Wall.) History handed West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl an epic opening, and he hurled his hulking frame right through...