Tag: Angela Merkel

• Monday, December 12th 2016 - 15:17 UTC

  Germany wants to extends unilateral border controls beyond EU's deadline

  

  As EU's Interior Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos declined an extension beyond February and pushed for things to go “back to Schengen,” Germany prepares to go ahead on its own to maintain the border controls in Bavaria for a longer period of time. Border controls between the Schengen countries are only acceptable as a time-limited exception to the rule of open borders. Better protected EU external borders should make the controls in the interior of Europe superfluous.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 10:49 UTC

  Merkel U-turns on immigration as she launches reelection campaign

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a public ban on the full-face veil as her political party gears up to back her for a fourth term in office. “Here we say 'show your face'. So full veiling is not appropriate here. It should be prohibited wherever legally possible,”

• Monday, November 21st 2016 - 17:39 UTC

  Merkel to seek fourth term as German chancellor

  

  Angela Merkel announced on Sunday she will run for a fourth term as German chancellor in next year’s election, despite growing rejection to her open-door migrant policy

• Monday, November 21st 2016 - 10:43 UTC

  Mercosur/EU accord in 2018, following election results in France and Germany

  

  The free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union could be concluded in 2018 depending on the election results next year in France and Germane anticipated a Brazilian official during a forum on foreign trade held in Sao Paulo. France is holding presidential elections next May 2017 and Germany some time later.

• Monday, September 19th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

  “Italy will not serve as a fig leaf for others”, Renzi tells Merkel and Hollande

  

  Italy is not ready to pretend everything is alright when Europe is not functioning properly, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said the day after a key EU gathering. EU leaders had gathered in the Slovak capital on Friday to discuss the EU's future in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the bloc, wrapping up the summit by issuing a roadmap for tackling problems such as migration, security and the faltering economy.

• Monday, September 19th 2016 - 07:29 UTC

  Voters angry with refugee policy thrash Merkel; extreme-right now has seats in 10 of Germany's 16 states

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has suffered a historic loss in Berlin state elections, with the right-wing AfD party posting strong gains after riding a wave of anger over her open-door refugee policy. According to projections, the anti-Islam Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) won around 14% in the capital, which has long prided itself on being a diverse and multicultural city.

• Monday, September 5th 2016 - 11:41 UTC

  Anti immigrant vote in her home district KOs Merkel's ambition of a fourth term

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats were beaten into third place by the anti-immigrant and anti-Islam Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a north-eastern state election on Sunday, TV exit polls showed.

• Monday, September 5th 2016 - 06:55 UTC

  Obama praises Macri and his policies before the world's main leaders

  

  President Mauricio Macri got another big nod of support as US President Barack Obama highlighted him as one of the few national leaders setting an example for the world by going against a wave of protectionism gaining presence on a global scale, in a speech during the G20 conference.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2016 - 12:34 UTC

  Macri at G20 to represent the “new” Argentina and after crucial investments

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri is off to Hangzhou, China for this first G20 summit where he is expected to hold bilateral talks with the host Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Germany's Merkel and probably UK prime minister Theresa May.

• Monday, August 29th 2016 - 06:49 UTC

  Germany admits US/Europe trade talks have failed; growing fears of populism reactions

  

  Talks aimed at setting up a U.S.-European free trade zone have run aground because of intransigence on Washington's part, a top German politician said Sunday. The Obama administration and the 28-member European Union have been in talks to set up the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, which would be the world's largest free trade zone.