Tag: Angela Merkel

The Other Wall

The world must give it to Prime Minister Begum Hasina that thus far she has been no less accommodating than Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, vis-a-vis the migrants from North Africa and the Arab countries.

February 11, 2019

Merkel, Macron urge Russia to release Ukrainian sailors

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have urged Russia to release the Ukrainian sailors who were detained during tensions in the Sea of Azov, the media reported.

December 29, 2018

Canada looking for ways to cancel Saudi arms deal over Khashoggi killing, Yemen war: Trudeau

In October, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country would suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the murder.

December 17, 2018

Theresa May heads to Europe in bid to save Brexit deal under fire

Theresa May is facing a rebellion in her own party and from parliamentary allies that threatens to sink both the agreement and her leadership.

December 11, 2018

PM Modi meets Saudi crown prince on sidelines of G20 summit

The two sides also held discussions on enhancing investment in technology, renewable energy and food security.

November 30, 2018

Trump says may cancel Putin meet after Ukraine-Russia sea clash

The incident was the first major confrontation at sea in the long-running conflict pitting Ukraine against Moscow and Russian-backed separatists in the country's east.

November 28, 2018

Signed, but not clinched

Sunday’s approval at the European Union summit of the Brexit draft withdrawal treaty will drive Britain closer to the unhappy and unnecessary ending of a 45-year story. But whether it comes to fruition ~ as Theresa May wishes and many among the Conservatives don’t ~ is as yet far from certain. It is ever so …

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November 28, 2018

G-20 Summit: PM Modi leaves for Argentina tomorrow; to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping

Narendra Modi may hold bilateral meetings or pull-asides with US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron

November 27, 2018

Mrs Merkel’s exit

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has signalled her intent to relinquish office in 2021. Politically, she has been increasingly fragile in recent years and her decision to take the bow has doubtless been influenced by the rather dismal performance of her centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the regional election in Hesse. It is still …

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November 4, 2018

Angela Merkel will step down as German chancellor in 2021: Source

She told party top brass her mandate running to 2021 will be “her last term”, a party source told AFP.

October 29, 2018

Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel suspends arms sales to Saudi Arabia

The German leader emphasized that the evolving explanations given to date by Riyadh for the journalist's death were insufficient.

October 22, 2018

Merkel loses trust

In a remarkable moment of candour, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has admitted that “trust has been lost” with the regional election in Bavaria, a severe electoral setback for the coalition. There have been no resignations yet despite the disastrous result for two of her coalition partners. Nor for that matter has there been any …

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October 19, 2018

Rampage of the Right

The immediate provocation for last week's rampage in German cities is not Ms Merkel's open-asylum policy towards the migrants, though it is palpable that the Arab factor has lent the spark. It was the stabbing of a German, allegedly by assailants of Syrian and Iraqi origin, that have brought matters to a head.

September 2, 2018

Merkel survives

The irony is unmistakable. Angela Merkel, who had welcomed hundreds of thousands of migrants into Germany, has staved off a crisis in governance by deferring to the demands of neighbouring Austria and also of course from within her coalition. The Chancellor was faced with the dichotomy of humanitarian intervention ~ alone in Europe ~ and …

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July 6, 2018

Angela Merkel averts coalition government spilt over migrants

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government remains intact after she reached a deal over the country’s migration policy, ending a political standoff with her Interior Minister. Minister Horst Seehofer dropped his threat to resign after hours of talks on Monday on the migration row that threatened to split Merkel’s four-month-old coalition government, the BBC reported. …

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July 3, 2018

Donald Trump G7 tweets ‘sobering and depressing’: Angela Merkel

US President Donald Trump’s revocation of support for a joint communique with other leaders at the G7 summit was “sobering and a little depressing,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today. “It’s hard, it’s depressing this time, but that’s not the end” of the Group of Seven, she said in a rare one-on-one interview with ARD …

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June 11, 2018

Iran nuclear deal not perfect but better than no agreement: Angela Merkel

The European Union (EU) has no intention to abandon the Iran nuclear deal after the US withdrawal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. “Although this agreement is not perfect, it is better than no agreement,” Merkel said on Friday at a televised press conference after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea …

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May 19, 2018