Tag: Angela Merkel

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  German coalition continues, despite electoral results, says Angela Merkel

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her coalition government will continue despite the surprise resignation of the leader of its junior partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Merkel at Harvard deplores attacks on climate change, free trade, condemns walls and lies

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged the world to do “everything humanly possible” to combat climate change and pledged to do her part. “Climate change poses a threat to our planet's natural resources,” Merkel said in her commencement address delivered at Harvard University in the United States. “It and the resulting crises are caused by humans.”

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 08:28 UTC

  Macron and Merkel disagree on EU's key jobs following parliamentary election

  

  France and Germany have disagreed on who should take one of the EU's key roles as leaders from the bloc met following parliamentary elections. The vote saw the big centrist blocs lose their majorities with Greens and nationalists gaining ground.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Chancellor Merkel says populist movements want to destroy Europe core values

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for Europe to push back against far-right parties, saying populist movements wanted to destroy core European values such as fighting corruption and protecting minorities.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  Merkel admits “intense debates” with Macron, but compromises are reached

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she and French President Emmanuel Macron have “intense debates” and think differently but can still find compromises, insisting that they are able to drive the European Union forward.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  EU27 agree to a Brexit deal six-month extension until October 31

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday agreed to an EU offer of a six-month delay “flexible extension” to Brexit, EU Council President Donald Tusk said. “EU27/UK have agreed a flexible extension until Oct 31. This means additional six months for the UK to find the best possible solution,” Tusk tweeted, at the end of a summit in Brussels.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  Mrs. May pleads support from Berlin and Paris for a Brexit extension deadline

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May toured Berlin and Paris on Tuesday to plead for an extension to the deadline for Brexit, which looked increasingly likely to be approved by EU leaders at a crunch meeting in Brussels.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 07:30 UTC

  PM May off to meet Merkel and Macron before EU summit

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday started a last-minute flurry of European diplomacy that includes visits to Paris and Berlin as she prepares for a make-or-break Brexit summit. Still struggling to get her EU divorce deal through parliament, May is hoping European Union leaders will agree on Wednesday to delay Brexit for a second time to stop Britain crashing out of the bloc two days later.

• Friday, April 5th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Merkel in Dublin declares Germany is “a strong and unwavering ally of Ireland”

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany will stand with Ireland “every step of the way” over Brexit. She was speaking following talks in Dublin with the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) about the current deadlock.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 10:07 UTC

  Angela Merkel to the rescue of an “orderly Brexit”

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will fight for an “orderly Brexit” until “the very last hour”. Mrs Merkel said that current events were in a “state of flux”, adding that European Union leaders would try to react to whatever the UK proposed. The UK is due to leave the EU in 10 days' time, with or without a deal.