Charlie's foray: French satirical paper launches in Germany
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Copies of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo sit at a newsagent's in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. The first German edition went on sale on Thursday morning. (Lino Mirgeler/dpa via AP) (The Associated Press)
The new German edition of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has gone on sale in Germany, sporting a front cover that pokes fun at Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to run for a fourth term.
The German edition, priced at 4 euros ($4.25), is made up largely of content translated from the French version but has some exclusive material produced by editorial staff in Paris.
Issue No. 1, which appeared at newsstands Thursday, boasts a front-page cartoon of the German leader sprawled over a garage workbench and the headline "VW stands behind Merkel." Underneath her, a mechanic says: "A new exhaust, and it will keep running for another four years."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Germans offered solidarity to Charlie Hebdo after the attack on its editorial staff in Paris last year that left 12 dead.