Tag: Angela Merkel

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 18:32 UTC

  Putin to hold bilateral meetings with Macron, Merkel and Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires

  

  While in Argentina for the upcoming G-20 Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold bilateral talks with France's Emmanuel Macron, China's Xi Xinpung and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Kremlin sources announced Wednesday.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Macron calls for a stronger union with Germany to prevent global chaos

  

  President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday urged a Franco-German push to make Europe a stronger and more confident global player that could prevent “chaos” on the world stage. Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have used a series of war anniversaries to project unity as they push back against populist and nationalist forces in Europe and Donald Trump's isolationist “America First” stance.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  EU leaders dismiss renegotiation of the draft Brexit deal

  

  EU leaders have dismissed talk of renegotiating the draft Brexit deal and warned the UK's political situation could make a “no-deal” more likely. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was “no question” of reopening talks as a document was “on the table”.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Macron describes nationalism as “a betrayal of patriotism”

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron has urged world leaders marking the centenary of the World War One Armistice to reject nationalism. Addressing leaders in Paris, including US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin - he described it as a “betrayal of patriotism”.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Macron calls on leaders for a “true European Army” to protect EU from China, Russia...and US

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that Europeans cannot be protected without a “true, European army”, as he marks the centenary of the World War One Armistice.

• Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 08:03 UTC

  End of an era: powerful Angela Merkel announces her exit from the world stage

  

  Marking the end of an era, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's announced on Monday her last term in office. The dominant figure in German and European politics for more than a decade said she will step down as party leader of her Christian Democratic Union, CDU, in December and not seek reelection as chancellor in 2021.

• Monday, October 29th 2018 - 10:21 UTC

  German regional election signals countdown for Merkel's coalition

  

  The regional election in the German state of Hesse has delivered another political blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel with more voters fleeing to the left and right of the party. Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and her coalition partner in Berlin, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), saw heavy losses in the state of Hesse where a regional election was held on Sunday.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  Sunday regional vote in Germany could decide survival of a weakened Merkel coalition

  

  A Sunday regional election in Germany is closely scrutinized since the ruling coalition's survival much hangs upon the outcome of a state vote. Even before the first voters set foot in Hesse's polling stations, it is widely accepted that what happens in Hesse will have consequences in Berlin. For the German government and perhaps even for the German leader herself.

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  Global health organizations commit to new ways of working together for greater impact

  

  Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations signed in Berlin a landmark commitment to find new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
  Coordinated by the World Health Organization, the initiative unites the work of 11 organizations, with others set to join in the next phase.

• Monday, October 15th 2018 - 07:17 UTC

  Bavaria's CSU loses its majority in regional election; blow for Merkel's coalition

  

  Angela Merkel's sister party has suffered massive losses in Bavaria's state elections, exit polls suggest, in a blow to the German chancellor. The CSU is set to lose its absolute majority in the state parliament, while the Greens surged into second place and the anti-immigration AfD entered the state parliament for the first time.