Tag: Olaf Scholz

• Monday, March 27th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  German Chancellor says “no reason to be concerned about Deutsche Bank”, system is stable and resilient

  

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during an EU summit last Friday in Brussels that Europe's banking system is “stable” and “ solid”. The leaders of the Eurozone countries met with the head of the European Central Bank, ECB, Christine Lagarde, to discuss the potential fallsou of several major banks collapsing in the US and Switzerland.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Lula, a tough nut for German Chancellor Scholz

  

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz bit the dust Monday in Brasilia when President Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva refused to support Ukraine even verbally and rejected the European leader's invitation to join his Climate Club initiative. Furthermore, Lula also turned down a German request to send ammunition to Kyiv.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  German Chancellor meets Lula da Silva, pledges €200 million for Amazon forest

  

  Germany has pledged €200 million to help Brazil defend the Amazon forest. German Chanellor Olaf Scholz made the announcement during a visit to Brasilia where he met with president Lula da Silva and congratulated him for the return of Brazil to the world stage.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 11:10 UTC

  Boric and Scholz review human rights and clean energy

  

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Santiago this past weekend from Argentina and met with Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font at the La Moneda Palace. Both leaders discussed bilateral issues in what was their second encounter after the one in September last in New York during the 77th UN General Assembly.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Fernández and Scholz discuss Ukraine, climate change, and energy resources

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Saturday at the Palacio San Martín (Foreign Ministry) in Buenos Aires, during the first stop of the South American tour of the European leader, who was scheduled to travel to Chile and Brazil.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentine President to meet with German Chancellor

  

  Alberto Fernández will have a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Saturday. The European leader is on a South American tour which also includes Chile and Brazil.

• Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Lula announces German Chancellor due in Brazil this month

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Thursday in an interview with GloboNews that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz should arrive in Brasilia on Jan. 30 together with members of the European country's cabinet and a group of executives representing large German companies, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:38 UTC

  Germany resurrecting nuclear, oil and coal powered plants to replace Russian gas

  

  With the Ukrainian war still raging and making arrangements ahead of next winter, Germany despite its original pledges and with a coalition that includes the Green party, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has admitted for the first time that the country could put off the retirement of its nuclear power grid.

• Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:56 UTC

  Argentina a reliable partner, German Chancellor says

  

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Wednesday said Argentina was “a reliable partner” upon welcoming President Alberto Fernández in Berlín on the second stop of the South American leader's new European tour.

• Friday, March 4th 2022 - 12:02 UTC

  Ukrainian invasion triggers dramatic change in German post war policy

  

  By Ed Turner, Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Center for Europe, Aston University - If you’d asked experts just a fortnight ago what the key features of Germany’s approach to foreign and defense policy were, there would have been several strands. Alignment with the west, and of course membership of the EU and Nato would have been a feature.