Tag: Angela Merkel

• Thursday, March 12th 2020 - 07:41 UTC

  Merkel warns that up to 70% of German population could contract coronavirus

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that up to 70% of the country's population - some 58 million people - could contract the coronavirus. Mrs Merkel made the stark prediction at a news conference on Wednesday alongside Health Minister Jens Spahn.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 07:36 UTC

  Political turmoil in Germany: Chancellor Merkel's handpicked successor is quitting

  

  Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Chancellor Angela Merkel's protégée and leader of their conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), will not run for chancellor in Germany's federal election next year, a source in her party said on Monday.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Germany pledges support for Argentina and its foreign debt strategy compliance

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez left Germany more than satisfied after Monday's evening meeting with chancellor Angela Merkel and in the morning with leaders of industry and finance, who pledged investments in Argentina.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentine president meets Angela Merkel Monday evening and on Tuesday will be in Spain

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and his delegation are in Germany where they arrived Sunday morning and on Monday evening will be received by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Greta Thunberg and US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin clash at Davos over climate change

  

  The United States' financial chief on Thursday told Swedish teen Greta Thunberg to go study before calling for a fossil fuel halt, prompting the climate campaigner to reply it doesn't “take a degree” to understand the science.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 10:53 UTC

  Angela Merkel's New Year message reaffirms the fight against climate change

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her New Year's message she is fighting climate change with all her strength to enable future generations to live in peace and prosperity.

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:36 UTC

  Life is communist Germany was simpler, almost comfortable, Angela Merkel recalls

  

  Life in the Communist-ruled German Democratic Republic (GDR) was simpler and sometimes could be “almost comfortable in a certain way”, Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in the former East, told Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 19:02 UTC

  Germany's Christian Democrats hounded by far left and far right voters

  

  German conservative leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Monday (Oct 28) faced a rebellion by party members angry at a humiliating election result in eastern Thuringia state where the Christian Democrats (CDU) lost voters to both the far-left and far-right.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 08:04 UTC

  Germany and France laud outgoing ECB president Dragui for defending “the European dream”

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday lauded Mario Draghi for defending “the European dream” in the face of opposition as he handed over a divided ECB to Christine Lagarde.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Sterling tumbles as Merkel admits a Brexit deal was “overwhelmingly unlikely”

  

  The British pound tumbled on Tuesday after German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly warned that a Brexit deal was “overwhelmingly unlikely”, further stoking fears of a disorderly and costly departure from the EU.