Tag: Angela Merkel

• Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Poland and Germany inclined to strike a renewed Brexit deal with Britain

  

  The Polish Prime Minister and senior German politicians have urged Brussels to strike a Brexit deal with Britain in the first sign of divisions within the European Union over its blanket opposition to offering fresh concessions to Theresa May.

• Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 07:44 UTC

  France and Germany ratify integration process, but not all of Europe is happy

  

  France and Germany have signed a new treaty on Tuesday aimed at breathing new life into their place at the centre of the European Union. As the UK moves to leave the EU and a rising tide of populism challenges the core liberal values of the bloc, the new treaty commits wholeheartedly to defending it.

• Saturday, January 19th 2019 - 08:36 UTC

  Leading Germans in an open letter ask UK to remain in the EU

  

  Leading German figures have written to the UK asking it to stay in the European Union. The letter, published in The Times, is signed by 31 people, including the leader of the Christian Democratic Union - and likely successor to Angela Merkel - Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.

• Thursday, January 17th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  EU frustrated, (and divided), but waiting for Mrs. May and Westminster Brexit B plan

  

  European Council President Donald Tusk has hinted that the UK should stay in the EU, after the prime minister's Brexit deal was rejected in parliament. “If a deal is impossible, and no-one wants no deal, then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is?” he tweeted.

• Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 08:31 UTC

  20-year old student confesses to hacking data of hundreds of high-profile Germans

  

  A 20-year-old man has made a “comprehensive” confession that he was behind a data breach affecting hundreds of high-profile Germans, police say. Styling himself “G0d”, he published private information about politicians, journalists, and celebrities on Twitter, under the username @_0rbit.

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 07:40 UTC

  Brazil refutes Merkel's comments on Mercosur and Bolsonaro

  

  Brazil’s outgoing Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said that Mercosur is ready to close a trade agreement with the European Union but it is being held up because the Europeans do not want to close a deal.

• Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 07:28 UTC

  Christian Democrats choose a successor for Merkel: Annegret K-K

  

  Germany's ruling Christian Democrat Union has chosen Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as its new party leader, ending Angela Merkel's 18-year reign. The CDU general secretary narrowly beat Friedrich Merz, a millionaire lawyer, in a run-off vote in Hamburg. Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer, or AKK as she is also known, received 517 of 999 votes.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Strong message from Merkel to Macri: How the world sees and expects Argentina to perform

  

  She was the last to arrive, but together with French president Emmanuel Macron one of the most popular leaders during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. Her official aircraft had to turn back because of communications problems so German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a commercial flight from Madrid directly to Buenos Aires, a day late for the inauguration but not for the other activities including a couple of outings in the Argentine capital.

• Friday, November 30th 2018 - 21:40 UTC

  Anti-globalist protests and controversy over the use of lethal weapons: Argentine Minister of Security came out to clarify in the framework of the G20

  

  After the controversy generated by a resolution in which the Ministry of Security of Argentina allows the police to use lethal weapons against a person who flees in the framework of the summit of the Group of 20 in Buenos Aires, the minister Patricia Bullrich went to clarify that this disposition “has nothing to do with the mobilization” against the G20 crowded by social organizations this Friday.

• Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:19 UTC

  Air Force One touches down - Trump is in BA for G-20 Summit

  

  The famous Air Force One, a veritable Flying White House, landed in Ezeiza at 10.10 pm amid tight security measures right on time for US President Donald Trump to rest and get ready for Friday's breakfast meeting with his Argentine colleague Mauricio Macri.