Posts tagged with "German Chancellor Angela Merkel"

AfD members monitored by spy agency are now in parliament Europe

AfD members monitored by spy agency are now in parliament

October 18th, 2018 Some members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Bavaria who are under surveillance for alleged links to extremist groups won seats in its parliamentary election at the weekend, the state's intelligence agency said. An agency spokesman said on Thursday that the Bavarian domestic intelligence agency was checking...
Election thumping on the cards for Merkel coalition parties Europe

Election thumping on the cards for Merkel coalition parties

October 18th, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) both face a drubbing in a regional eelction on Oct. 28 that risks further weakening their crisis-prone national government, a poll showed on Thursday. The drop in support for Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) to just 26 per cent comes after...
I got it wrong over spymaster, Merkel admits, after row resolved Europe

I got it wrong over spymaster, Merkel admits, after row resolved

September 24th, 2018 Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted on Monday she had misjudged her response to allegations of far-right sympathies against Germany's spymaster, after resolving a row over his redeployment that threatened to pull her government apart. BfV intelligence agency head Hans-Georg Maassen's political views came under the microscope this month...
German coalition's future at stake Europe

German coalition's future at stake

September 22nd, 2018 The fate of Chancellor Angela Merkel's unwieldy six-month-old government is hanging in the balance as the three coalition parties seek again this weekend to resolve their dispute over Germany's scandal-tainted spymaster. The coalition parties agreed on Tuesday to transfer spy chief Hans-Georg Maassen to the interior ministry...
Analysis - Merkel takes a gamble with new immigration law Europe

Analysis - Merkel takes a gamble with new immigration law

September 18th, 2018 Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes a new immigration law will make it easier for foreign workers to find jobs in Germany, but her push to fill a record number of vacancies risks angering voters who still resent her open-door refugee policy. With an ageing population and a shrinking workforce, Germany needs greater flexibility to fill more...
German spy scandal exposes deep divisions in Merkel government Europe

German spy scandal exposes deep divisions in Merkel government

September 14th, 2018 A scandal over migrants being chased through the streets has exposed a rift between Angela Merkel and Germany's security establishment that is dividing her coalition and hindering efforts to contain the fall-out from her "open door" refugee policy. The crisis blew up when Hans-Georg Maassen, chief of the BfV intelligence agency, said...
Merkel condemns far-right xenophobia, Nazi slogans Europe

Merkel condemns far-right xenophobia, Nazi slogans

September 12th, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned xenophobic attacks and the use of Nazi slogans in a robust speech to parliament on Wednesday after the most violent far-right demonstrations in decades exposed deep divisions in the country. In an unusually rowdy session in the Bundestag (lower house) later, far-right Alternative for Germany...
German government crisis: What are Merkel's options? Europe

German government crisis: What are Merkel's options?

July 2nd, 2018 Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is in disarray due to a fight within her conservative bloc over migrant policy which risks toppling her coalition after her interior minister threatened to resign on Sunday. Horst Seehofer, both interior minister and leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU), deemed plans that Merkel...
Trump blasts Germany while making case for US immigration policy Americas

Trump blasts Germany while making case for US immigration policy

June 18th, 2018 US President Donald Trump blamed migrants in Europe for violently changing the culture and for what he inaccurately described as a rise in crime in Germany as he sought on Monday to defend his administration's widely criticised policy on illegal immigration. Immigration activists, medical professionals, religious leaders, Democrats...
Bavarians give Merkel two weeks to reach EU deal on migrants Europe

Bavarians give Merkel two weeks to reach EU deal on migrants

June 18th, 2018 Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) on Monday gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel two weeks to reach a European deal on migrants before they would demand immigration curbs that could fracture her governing coalition. The CSU leadership agreed on Monday to delay until after a June 28-29 European Union summit the introduction of an...
Merkel faces conservative rebellion over German migration policy Europe

Merkel faces conservative rebellion over German migration policy

June 12th, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a rebellion over migrant policy on Tuesday that risks destabilising her coalition, just as she is pushing EU partners to agree a common solution. Merkel's handling of the migrant crisis - which saw more than 1.6 million people arrive in Germany from 2014 and helped propel the far-right Alternative...
Germany's Merkel ready to work with new Italian government World

Germany's Merkel ready to work with new Italian government

May 31st, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday she would communicate with a new Italian government in an "open-minded way" amid political turbulence in Rome that has stirred fears of another euro zone crisis. She spoke in Lisbon after talks with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who urged swift action by Europe to prevent...
Merkel says political hate speech is 'playing with fire' Europe

Merkel says political hate speech is 'playing with fire'

May 30th, 2018 Far-right politicians in Germany who engage in xenophobic rhetoric are not just testing free-speech limits but are inciting violence, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. Speaking at a memorial for the 25th anniversary of an arson attack that killed five Turkish girls and women and injured 14 in the western city of Solingen,...
Trump trade threat looms large as Merkel heads to China Americas

Trump trade threat looms large as Merkel heads to China

May 21st, 2018 Germany's Angela Merkel faces a delicate diplomatic balancing act when she travels to China this week on a visit clouded by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade threats and his decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. Germany and China, two exporting nations that run large trade surpluses with the United States, have found...
Merkel allies limit her room on euro zone reform before Macron meeting Europe

Merkel allies limit her room on euro zone reform before Macron meeting

April 16th, 2018 Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives are restricting her room for manoeuvre on euro zone reform, documents seen by Reuters show, which could further frustrate French President Emmanuel Macron who visits Berlin later this week. A draft resolution for German lawmakers drawn up by leading members of Merkel's conservative bloc rejects...
As anti-G20 protests begin, Merkel says growth must be inclusive Europe

As anti-G20 protests begin, Merkel says growth must be inclusive

July 2nd, 2017 By Erik Kirschbaum   With an eye on anti-globalisation protests brewing in Hamburg before this week's G20 summit, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday leaders will have to focus on sustainable and inclusive economic growth rather than their own prosperity. In her weekly podcast, the German chancellor said this year's G20...
Merkel vows to put climate change at centre of G20 talks Europe

Merkel vows to put climate change at centre of G20 talks

June 29th, 2017 Tackling climate change will be one of the central tasks of the upcoming Hamburg G20 summit of the world's largest economies, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers on Thursday following the US's withdrawal from the Paris climate pact. Merkel, who will host the gathering of global leaders in the northern port city, said the...
Turkey must back Cyprus talks for EU deal - Tusk (Update 3: adds more quotes) featured

Turkey must back Cyprus talks for EU deal - Tusk (Update 3: adds more quotes)

March 16th, 2016 By Tom Körkemeier and Gabriela Baczynska The European Union warned on Wednesday that a deal with Turkey to curb mass migration to Europe hinges on Ankara acting to support peace talks in EU member Cyprus. European Council President Donald Tusk, who will chair an EU summit on Thursday and Friday, said much remained to be done to...
Merkel slams anti-immigrant AfD, defends her refugee policy World

Merkel slams anti-immigrant AfD, defends her refugee policy

March 6th, 2016 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, saying it stirs up prejudice and polarises society. Her comments, made in an interview with the Bild am Sonntag newspaper, reflect growing unease among Germany's mainstream parties amid rising popular support for the right-wing AfD...
Anastasiades briefs Merkel on Cyprus talks   Cyprus

Anastasiades briefs Merkel on Cyprus talks  

February 18th, 2016 President Nicos Anastasiades and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday discussed the Cyprus problem and the EU refugee crisis during a meeting held on the sidelines of the European Council Summit in Brussels. According to a statement by government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides, the German Chancellor asked to be updated on the...
President to meet Merkel on EU summit sidelines Cyprus

President to meet Merkel on EU summit sidelines

February 17th, 2016 President Nicos Anastasiades departs on Wednesday for Brussels where he will participate in the European Council Summit on February 18 and 19 and meet on the sidelines with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the presidential palace said. The European Council will be deliberating on issues concerning the proposals of the UK for EU reform...
German conservatives address concerns over migrants as support slips World

German conservatives address concerns over migrants as support slips

January 31st, 2016 By Michelle Martin Senior conservative German politicians sought at the weekend to reassure citizens concerned about a record influx of migrants, saying their numbers must go down and criminal refugees could be deported. They spoke as an Emnid survey showed support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their...
Merkel's party, sliding in polls, weighs German "border centres" World

Merkel's party, sliding in polls, weighs German "border centres"

January 24th, 2016 By Paul Carrel and Thorsten Severin A senior figure in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party has proposed setting up "border centres" along the frontier with Austria to speed up the repatriation of those asylum seekers deemed unqualified to stay. Julia Kloeckner, leader of Merkel's Christian Democrats in the western...
Merkel hopes to see Cyprus progress in coming months Cyprus

Merkel hopes to see Cyprus progress in coming months

January 17th, 2016 German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping to see progress on the Cyprus issue in the coming months, it was reported on Sunday. According to a report on the ANA/MPA news agency, Merkel made the statement during her weekly podcast, ahead of a meeting in the coming week with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. She was answering a...
Refugee crisis could shake up German political landscape in 2016 World

Refugee crisis could shake up German political landscape in 2016

January 3rd, 2016 By Noah Barkin For the past decade, German politics has been a relatively dull affair, with Angela Merkel dominating at the national level and the major parties in agreement on all the big issues, from euro zone bailouts and refugees to the phase-out of nuclear energy. But that may change in 2016, when five of Germany's 16 states...
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