Tag: Germany

• Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 07:44 UTC

  The model of Western democracy is broken: unemployment stats questioned

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - If the model is broken, should you try to fix it, or scrap it and get a new one? In questions of technology, increasingly the answer is: scrap it. Computer repair shops are dying out: if your laptop doesn't work, just buy a new one. What applies to consumer technology, however, does not necessarily apply to politics.

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  Woman power in Germany: the two most important leaders are female

  

  Germany's junior partner in the ruling coalition, the Social Democrats (SPD), has elected its first female leader in the party's 154-year history. Former Labour Minister Andrea Nahles was chosen to replace Martin Schulz, who resigned after the SPD's worst result since 1933 in last year's polls.

• Monday, March 26th 2018 - 16:36 UTC

  Catalan leaders ask for no extradition while Carles Puigdemont faces German justice

  

  Former Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont will face German justice this Monday. The case expects a cascade of court procedures that could drag on for weeks and supporters of independence of Catalonia have mobilized on Sunday afternoon in Barcelona, causing dozens of injured demonstrators due to clashes with the police.

• Monday, March 19th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Germany and Argentina champions of international free trade at G20 meeting

  

  Germany and Argentina want to uphold a pledge to keep international trade free at a summit of the world’s 20 largest economies in Buenos Aires this week, the countries’ finance ministers said on Sunday.

• Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  German industry want UK in a customs union after Brexit

  

  German firms ideally want the UK to stay in a customs union after Brexit, a powerful German industry group says. BDI said it would prefer a deep form of integration between Britain and the EU after Brexit. It had previously said the integrity of the single market for remaining European Union member states should be a priority.

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:31 UTC

  EU leaders agree to spend more on defense and security, and squabble over UK funding losses

  

  EU leaders have agreed to spend more on common defense and security policy in their next long-term budget, said European Council President Donald Tusk. Leaders of 27 states were meeting in Brussels to shape the 2021-27 budget.

• Saturday, February 17th 2018 - 09:22 UTC

  Merkel “curious” about UK lack of clarity with Brexit; PM May speech in Munich

  

  Angela Merkel has said that she is not “frustrated” by Britain's lack of clarity in Brexit, but is still “curious” about what the UK government actually wants to achieve in negotiations.

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 10:07 UTC

  Theresa May flies to Berlin to meet Merkel, ahead of crucial speech on Saturday

  

  Theresa May is due to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she seeks to make progress on negotiating Brexit. The PM will travel on Friday to Berlin for the meeting at the Chancellery. It comes a day ahead of a speech on Saturday in which she is expected to set out the “security partnership” she wants to maintain with the EU.

• Wednesday, February 7th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  German industrial labor win the right to reduced working flexible hours

  

  Industrial workers in south-western Germany have won the right to reduced working hours as part of a deal that could benefit millions of employees across the country. Workers will be able to reduce their weekly hours from 35 to 28 for up to two years to look after their families.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Trudeau and Merkel, most respected global leaders; Trump and Putin, with highest disapproval

  

  Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel are viewed as the most respected globally, while U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin saw the highest disapproval ratings.