Tag: Angela Merkel
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French President Macron backs Angela Merkel for EU post, says if she wants it.
Macron told Swiss public broadcaster RTS: “If she were to want it, I would support her.” Merkel said last month she doesn’t want the EU job or any political post.
June 12, 2019 -
Sunshine at UN
The drawing of the Security Council drapes was intended to protect diplomats from flying shards of glass in the event of another attack.
April 8, 2019 -
Ardern, and not Erdogan, must drive global agenda
Erdogan's attempts to politicise the Christchurch murders are a clear move at influencing the upcoming local elections scheduled on March 31 where his ruling Islamic AK party is a major contestant.
March 24, 2019 -
Hasina must act to repair bruised image
Hasina is in Munich now attending a global meet focusing on issues of security, meeting world leaders including Angela Merkel and a plethora of important entrepreneurs.
February 17, 2019 -
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