German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday fired warning shots at US President Donald Trump. She warned the US leader against “destroying” the United Nations. “I believe that destroying something without having developed something new is extremely dangerous,” she warned Speaking at a regional campaign event in Bavaria Germany, Merkel reiterated her believe that multilateralism is […]
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, bruised by half a year of post-election coalition haggling, was Wednesday elected by parliament to her fourth and likely final term at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy. Lawmakers in Berlin’s glass-domed Reichstag voted 364-315 with nine abstentions for Merkel who was then to be formally appointed by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier […]
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Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany’s election Sunday, but her victory was clouded by the entry into parliament of the hard right AfD, the best showing for a nationalist force since World War II. Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a double-digit lead for most of the campaign, scored around […]
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Germany’s foreign minister launched a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Monday, claiming the U.S. President’s actions have “weakened” the West and accusing the U.S. government of standing “against the interests of the European Union.” Just 24 hours after German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that Europe could no longer completely rely on traditional allies such […]
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German chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Algeria was postponed on Monday after Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a bout of “acute bronchitis”. The visit was postponed because of the “temporary unavailability” of Bouteflika, according to a statement. Merkel was due to arrive in Algeria later Monday for a two-day visit, part of an effort to […]
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