The first German edition of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo hit the news
stands on Thursday Dec 01,2016, with a front page lampooning Chancellor Angela
Merkel, almost two years after Islamist militants attacked its top
editorial staff in Paris.
The magazine also picked on another symbol of post-war German might - Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen, still struggling to recover from its diesel emissions scandal.
"VW backs Merkel," reads the headline, with a picture showing a VW mechanic fixing 62-year old Merkel on a hydraulic lift, saying: "A new exhaust pipe and you'll run for another four years."
Merkel announced last month she would stand for a fourth term in elections next year.
Launch posters showed Merkel sitting on the toilet reading the magazine, with the slogan: "Charlie Hebdo. It's liberating."
The magazine, known in France for ridiculing political and religious leaders, became a symbol for the freedom of expression after two militants broke into an editorial meeting at its Paris office in Jan. 2015 and killed 12 people.
The Islamists accused the magazine of blasphemy for printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
An initial run of 200,000 will be printed in Germany - twice the circulation of the country's current best-known satirical magazine, Titanic. Some of its contents will be original, some translated from the French.
The magazine also picked on another symbol of post-war German might - Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen, still struggling to recover from its diesel emissions scandal.
"VW backs Merkel," reads the headline, with a picture showing a VW mechanic fixing 62-year old Merkel on a hydraulic lift, saying: "A new exhaust pipe and you'll run for another four years."
Merkel announced last month she would stand for a fourth term in elections next year.
Launch posters showed Merkel sitting on the toilet reading the magazine, with the slogan: "Charlie Hebdo. It's liberating."
The magazine, known in France for ridiculing political and religious leaders, became a symbol for the freedom of expression after two militants broke into an editorial meeting at its Paris office in Jan. 2015 and killed 12 people.
The Islamists accused the magazine of blasphemy for printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
An initial run of 200,000 will be printed in Germany - twice the circulation of the country's current best-known satirical magazine, Titanic. Some of its contents will be original, some translated from the French.
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