Tag: Germany

• Thursday, September 21st 2017 - 08:44 UTC

  Merkel heading for a fourth term running, but an extreme-right party is poised to enter parliament

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks almost certain to clinch a fourth term in the general election next Sunday while a far-right party is poised to enter parliament for the first time since the end of World War II.

• Monday, September 4th 2017 - 07:06 UTC

  Merkel steaming ahead to a fourth term following prime-time debate with her rival

  

  Three weeks before elections, Angela Merkel appeared to powering ahead on Monday to a possible fourth term as chancellor of Germany, after her rival Martin Schulz failed to halt her advance in a crucial televised debate. Sunday's prime-time TV clash had been billed as Schulz's last chance to sway millions to his cause and halt a devastating popularity slide.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 03:54 UTC

  Prince William tours Germany to reaffirm close links with UK despite Brexit

  

  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been on tour in Germany with a very specific purpose: to reassure Germans that Brexit doesn't mean the break-up of a excellent relationship.

• Thursday, July 20th 2017 - 09:14 UTC

  France's Macron overtakes UK in the league table of global “soft power”

  

  The election of Emmanuel Macron as president has helped propel France to the top of a league table of global “soft power”, while Britain’s score has decreased partly as a result of Brexit. But despite losing points for government stability, enterprise and favorability measured in worldwide polls, the UK hung on to second slot, thanks to the US tumbling from first to third following the election of Donald Trump.

• Saturday, June 17th 2017 - 03:22 UTC

  Father of unified Germany Helmut Kohl dies

  

  Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl died on Friday morning in his home in Ludwigshafen, the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) announced. The mentor of current Chancellor Angela Merkel and architect of Germany's reunification was 87 years old.

• Saturday, June 10th 2017 - 10:30 UTC

  Europe “ready” to begin Brexit talks sticking to the time plan, says Angela Merkel

  

  Angela Merkel has said she sees no obstacles in the way of beginning Brexit talks as scheduled after Theresa May failed to win a majority in Thursday's UK election. The German chancellor said she believed Britain would stick to the timetable, adding the European Union was “ready”.

• Friday, June 9th 2017 - 10:58 UTC

  Germany and Argentina pledged to fight protectionism and reach a Mercosur/EU trade deal

  

  Germany and Argentina voiced hopes Thursday for a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Buenos Aires. In talks with Argentine President Mauricio Macri, Merkel discussed bilateral commerce and efforts to strike a deal with the Mercosur grouping of South American countries.

• Thursday, June 8th 2017 - 06:46 UTC

  German nuclear energy utilities victory: top court declares tax on fuel rods illegal

  

  Germany's energy utilities look set to receive refunds of billions of euros after the government's tax on their use of nuclear fuel rods was declared illegal by the country's top court. Between 2011 and 2016, nuclear power operators made payments of more than 6bn euros to the government. The Constitutional Court has ruled the tax was “unconstitutional and void”.

• Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 08:42 UTC

  German election turns into a Trump bashing exercise for “weakening the West”

  

  Germany's top politicians have stepped up criticism of US President Donald Trump, a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the US and UK were no longer reliable partners. On Monday Mrs Merkel said it was right not to gloss over differences with the US, while her foreign minister said Mr. Trump's actions “weakened the West”.

• Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:28 UTC

  Merkel calls on Europe “to fight for its own destiny”, forget US and UK

  

  Europe can no longer “completely depend” on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. Mrs. Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with both countries as well as Russia but Europe now had to “fight for its own destiny”.