
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday Germany must have a “fundamental” debate about how to integrate newcomers, as police identified 16 people suspected of a shocking rash of sexual assaults blamed on migrants. As outrage grew in Germany over the assaults,
by AFP7 Jan 2016, 8:38 AM PST0

The German government’s demand that social media giants Google, Facebook and Twitter remove what it calls anti-migrant ‘hate speech’ is having its first real test in the wake of the sickening sex attacks in Cologne over New Year’s Eve. Breitbart London first
by Simon Kent7 Jan 2016, 4:39 AM PST0

BERLIN (AFP) – German public broadcaster ZDF has apologised for delays in reporting on a wave of sexual assaults blamed on men of Arab appearance amid accusations Wednesday of media self-censorship of the inflammatory issue. The rash of attacks and thefts
by AFP6 Jan 2016, 6:50 AM PST0

Video footage continues to emerge of the mass sexual assault committed by migrants on women at the New Year’s Eve celebrations in the German city of Cologne. Breitbart London broke the story of the attacks in the English-speaking media after
by Nick Hallett6 Jan 2016, 5:14 AM PST0

BERLIN (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel came under mounting pressure Wednesday for her welcoming stance toward migrants, which opponents have linked to a shocking rash of apparently coordinated sex attacks in Cologne on New Year’s Eve. Police in the western
by AFP6 Jan 2016, 4:05 AM PST0

BERLIN (AP) — Police say they’re checking a suspicious object found during a routine security check at the entrance to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin. German federal police spokesman Thorsten Peters said the main entrance to the chancellery in
by AP6 Jan 2016, 12:55 AM PST0

BERLIN (AFP) – Germany only has capacity for a maximum 200,000 asylum seekers a year, about a fifth of the number it received in 2015, Bavarian premier Horst Seehofer said Sunday. “In Germany, the arrival of 100,000 to a maximum 200,000 asylum
by AFP3 Jan 2016, 7:30 AM PST0

One of the best scenes in the BBC’s political sitcom ‘The Thick of It’ shows the main character, Malcolm Tucker, trying to hide an overspend right down low in the news agenda, over-complicating it with false facts and figures, and
by Rob Comley12 Dec 2015, 2:31 AM PST0

Angela Merkel may have won praise from the world for Germany’s open-door policy on refugees, but a confused and divided Europe is feeling the fallout from the decision, analysts said. The German chancellor’s sudden move in early September to welcome
by AFP11 Dec 2015, 2:00 AM PST0

BERLIN (Reuters) – Under pressure to toughen their stance on migrants, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives called on Thursday for an effective ban on the burqa, saying the full body covering worn by some Muslim women should not be worn
by Reuters11 Dec 2015, 1:49 AM PST0

Marine Le Pen has compared Britain voting to leave the European Union (EU) to the fall of the Berlin Wall, predicting it would mean the beginning of the end for the bloc. As President of the Eurosceptic anti-mass migration National Front
by Sarkis Zeronian6 Dec 2015, 5:46 AM PST0

What a change a few months make. Earlier this year Angela Merkel, the Puppet-Master of Europe, took the unprecedented step of suspending the Dublin II accord by welcoming an unlimited number of Syrians to Germany. Several months later and under intense
by Christopher Carter1 Dec 2015, 12:40 AM PST0

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been looking unusually vulnerable as she prepares to meet the world’s top leaders this week, struggling to slow a huge influx of migrants amid mounting demands to do just that. Merkel’s optimistic
by AP13 Nov 2015, 1:44 AM PST0

A senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has called for a burqa ban and stricter immigration rules for Germany. Guido Wolf, a senior politician in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg, made the call in an
by Sarkis Zeronian3 Nov 2015, 8:41 AM PST0

Migrants are walking out of German asylum registration centres and either disappearing into the countryside or travelling on to other countries in Europe, an official in the eastern state of Brandenburg has warned. On Wednesday alone some 600 people absconded and that number is
by Simon Kent30 Oct 2015, 10:34 AM PST0

BERLIN (Reuters) – Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives has dropped to its lowest level in more than three years, a poll showed on Sunday, as her allies in the state of Bavaria stepped up criticism of her handling
by Reuters26 Oct 2015, 6:05 AM PST0

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – European Union and Balkan leaders hold emergency talks on Europe’s migrant crisis today amid threats from three frontline states to close their borders if northern EU countries stop accepting migrants. The mini-summit called by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, groups
by AFP25 Oct 2015, 1:19 AM PST0