- 03 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityMerkel
Explainer: What’s next for German politics as new Bundestag meets?
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's new lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, met for the first time on Tuesday following a federal election last month. Here's an overview of why it…
Germany’s Merkel to attend World Climate Conference in Glasgow
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Glasgow to take part in the World Climate Conference there from Oct. 31, government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said on Monday.…
‘A great European’: warm send-off for Merkel after 107 EU summits
By Sabine Siebold and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders paid warm tributes to Angela Merkel on Friday as they wound up an EU summit, her 107th as Germany's…
Germany’s Merkel says EU needs to reach agreement on Poland, migration
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday rule of law is a core aspect of the European Union, which should find ways of reaching agreement with Poland…
German SPD’s Scholz moves closer to succeeding Merkel as chancellor
By Holger Hansen and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -Olaf Scholz, the German centre-left Social Democrats' (SPD) candidate to succeed Angela Merkel, took a major step toward becoming chancellor on Friday,…
Merkel says EU must resolve Polish problem in talks, not courts
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union should resolve its differences by talking to each other rather than through court decisions, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, responding to a question…
Germany’s Merkel to hold farewell talks with China’s Li on Monday
BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold virtual farewell talks on Monday with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and will also receive European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen,…
Germany not yet prepared to recognise Taliban – Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is not yet prepared to recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan's government since it has not met the inclusiveness standards demanded of it, Chancellor Angela Merkel said,…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says spoke to Macron, Merkel about steps to end war in eastern Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had spoken to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron about intensifying talks to end the war…
Merkel honours Holocaust victims, vows German commitment to Israel
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel stood on Sunday in Jerusalem with her head bowed over the buried ashes of Jews killed in Nazi death camps,…
Pope, at peace meeting with Merkel, says divert arms money for food, vaccines
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis, closing a peace meeting of world religions, called the arms trade a bane of humanity on Thursday, saying that money spent on…
EU should not set date for enlargement on Western Balkans, Merkel says
BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday rejected calls to set a date for the accession of Western Balkans countries into the European Union. "I don't really…
