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Montevideo, April 29th 2026 - 11:49 UTC

Tag: Germany

  • Friday, June 9th 2017 - 10:58 UTC

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

    “Germany is seeking allies for the issues that matter to us, just as other countries are seeking allies,” she added later at a news conference alongside Macri.

    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

    The Constitutional Court ruled the tax was “unconstitutional and void”. Between 2011 and 2016, nuclear power operators made payments of more than 6bn euros (Pic Reuters)

    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”

    Speaking at a conference on sustainable development in Berlin, Mrs. Merkel reiterated her call for Europeans to take their fate into their own hands.

    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

    “The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I've experienced that in the last few days” Merkel told a crowd at an election rally

    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”.

  • Tuesday, May 16th 2017 - 07:13 UTC

    Macron and Merkel's “joint conviction” of the need to “deepen the European Union”

    Macron and Merkel said they would work together more closely on defense, Euro zone reform and reducing bureaucracy.

    France's new president, Emmanuel Macron, has called for a “historic reconstruction” of Europe, saying it is “the only reaction” to fight populism. Speaking in Berlin on the first full day of his presidency, he was joined by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said the pair had a “joint conviction” that they needed to “deepen the European Union”.

  • Monday, May 15th 2017 - 07:01 UTC

    Merkel en route to a fourth term: her party unseats Social Democrats in key state election

    The SPD has run the state - Germany's most populous - for most of the post-war period. Party leader Martin Schulz said it was a “hard day”.

    Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) have unseated the Social Democrats in a key state election, exit polls are indicating. Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU is projected to win 34.5% of votes in North Rhine-Westphalia, compared with 30.5% for the Social Democrats (SPD). It was seen as a test for Mrs. Merkel ahead of September's general election.

  • Sunday, May 7th 2017 - 14:54 UTC

    German Swiss spat over spying to catch tax dodgers

    Switzerland objects to the practice of buying data stolen from Swiss banks. The mole allegedly spied inside North Rhine-Westphalia's finance ministry.

    German investigators suspect that a mole spied for Swiss intelligence from inside a government office which was trying to catch German tax dodgers. The allegations are part of the case against an alleged Swiss spy arrested in a Frankfurt hotel on Friday, 29 April, German media report. He is suspected of monitoring German tax investigators.

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2017 - 14:02 UTC

    Germany and US confident an understanding on trade can be reached

    German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said there was wide agreement about the importance of free trade.

    Recent tensions between the U.S. and other major economies over trade did not reemerge during Friday’s meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, fueling hopes global policy makers can avert an open dispute with the Trump administration over globalization, top German officials said.

  • Monday, March 27th 2017 - 11:20 UTC

    Merkel's party sprints ahead in first regional election leading to September

    Led by premier Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the most popular politician in Saarland, CDU won 40.1% of the vote, increasing its share by 4.9 percentage votes

    Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has won state elections in the small western state of Saarland on Sunday by significantly increasing its vote share. . Led by premier Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the most popular politician in the region, CDU has won 40.1% of the vote, increasing its share by 4.9 percentage votes compared with 2012, according to the projections based on exit polls and broadcasted by the public television ARD.

  • Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:38 UTC

    Trump refuses to shake hands with Merkel after meeting in the White House

    Though Trump greeted her with a handshake at the White House on Friday, Trump seemingly ignored photographers’ request to the two to shake hands.

    A video showing US president Donald Trump refusing to shake hands with German chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint appearance in the White House is making rounds on the internet, reminding everyone that the US president will never learn.