2005 - 2007: Summer fairy tale and chancellor riot

The 2000s in Germany: Hartz IV is passed by the red-green coalition government and tears the SPD apart. Angela Merkel becomes Chancellor in 2005, the first woman in Germany.

The 2000s in Germany: Hartz IV is passed by the red-green coalition government and tears the SPD apart. Angela Merkel becomes Chancellor in 2005, the first woman in Germany.