Tag: Angela Merkel

• Wednesday, November 1st 2017 - 08:17 UTC

  Germany marks the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation

  

  A special religious service is being held in the German town of Wittenberg to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. On this day, 31 October, in 1517, Martin Luther is said to have nailed 95 theses to the door of All Saints' Church in the town.

• Thursday, October 26th 2017 - 06:55 UTC

  Merkel furious with leaks on PM May 'weakness'; EU fearful she could be replaced by Boris Johnson

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel was made “furious” by the leaks from Brexit talks about Theresa May as Berlin fears her leadership could come to an end if attacks against her continue. May reportedly “begged for help” according to details of a dinner between the prime minister and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker published by German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Sunday.

• Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 10:08 UTC

  Theresa May Brexit efforts receive strong boost from Angela Merkel

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave Theresa May a Brexit boost as EU leaders gathered for a summit in Brussels, saying there were “encouraging” signs that talks on the future UK/EU trade relationship could begin as early as December.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 11:51 UTC

  May and Juncker agree “Brexit negotiations should accelerate”, but differences remain

  

  Brexit negotiations should “accelerate over the months to come,” says a joint statement from the UK prime minister and the president of the EU Commission. Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker met in Brussels on Monday for a dinner they called “constructive and friendly”.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2017 - 02:32 UTC

  Angela Merkel agrees to an immigration cap as part of her talks to form a coalition

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has agreed an immigration policy with its sister party, media reports say. The breakthrough in talks with the Christian Social Union (CSU) would overcome a major hurdle as Mrs. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) seek to form a coalition government.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 07:39 UTC

  Germany's (neo-fascist) protest vote fuelled by extended income gap

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Angela Merkel’s slogan in her campaign for a fourth term as Chancellor was terminally bland and smug – “For a Germany in which we live well and love living” – but it did the job, sort of. Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is back as the largest party, so Merkel gets to form the next coalition government. But the neo-fascists are now in the Bundestag (parliament) too, for the first time since the collapse of Nazi Germany.

• Monday, September 25th 2017 - 07:16 UTC

  Merkel wins fourth mandate, but only the hard right and small parties celebrate

  

  Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany’s election Sunday, but her victory was clouded by the entry into parliament of the hard-right AfD in the best showing for a nationalist force since World War II. Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a double-digit lead for most of the campaign, scored around 33% of the vote with her conservative Christian Union (CDU/CSU) bloc, according to preliminary results.

• Thursday, September 21st 2017 - 08:44 UTC

  Merkel heading for a fourth term running, but an extreme-right party is poised to enter parliament

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks almost certain to clinch a fourth term in the general election next Sunday while a far-right party is poised to enter parliament for the first time since the end of World War II.

• Monday, September 4th 2017 - 07:06 UTC

  Merkel steaming ahead to a fourth term following prime-time debate with her rival

  

  Three weeks before elections, Angela Merkel appeared to powering ahead on Monday to a possible fourth term as chancellor of Germany, after her rival Martin Schulz failed to halt her advance in a crucial televised debate. Sunday's prime-time TV clash had been billed as Schulz's last chance to sway millions to his cause and halt a devastating popularity slide.

• Monday, July 10th 2017 - 15:13 UTC

  G20 admits “Trump factor”: climate policy disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation

  

  Leaders from the world's leading economies broke with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation.