VALLETTA (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European leaders may commit to a union of “different speeds” when they make a major declaration on its future at a summit in Rome next month. The European Union has long been riven
VALLETTA (AFP) – European Union leaders agreed a plan to curb mass migration from Libya at a special summit in Malta Friday that was overshadowed by the challenges of Donald Trump and Brexit.
99 per cent of migrants granted asylum in Germany are being allowed to stay permanently, according to an investigation by Die Welt published Thursday.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a terse exchange of words, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged Turkey to uphold democracy as the country heads toward a critical referendum on boosting the powers of the presidency, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took offense at her reference to “Islamist terror,” saying the words cannot be placed together.
The European Union needs to invest in a counter-propaganda unit to counter Russian narratives, an MEP has said, adding: “We are really in a state of war with Russia.” During an European Parliament hearing on East StratCom, a counter-propaganda unit
European Union (EU) officials and the German Chancellor have stepped up their attacks on Donald Trump’s pause on migration from terror-linked nations, publically accusing the president of anti-Muslim bigotry.
Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage says Donald Trump is “fully entitled” to “get tough” on immigration, and recommends the United Kingdom also introduces new vetting measures to deal with the consequences of “the Merkel madness”.
The German Chancellor has lectured President Donald J. Trump on his order pausing immigration from some terror-linked states, claiming it is “not justified” as well as “explain[ing]” the Geneva Refugee Convention to him.
“If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail.” That was, of course, Winston Churchill, talking about Britain and the US in his 1943 Harvard Speech. As so often, he was spot on. Never in
Former European Parliament chief Martin Schulz will on Sunday unveil his battle plan to challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany’s general election in September, hoping a wave of popularity will help him shake up the race. The former bookseller, who
On Saturday President Trump engaged in a series of phone calls with five world leaders to discuss diplomatic relations, including Germany’s Angela Merkel, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and Japan’s Shinzo Abe.
President Donald Trump has scheduled five calls to world leaders on Saturday, and has completed most. Among the most anticipated was his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which occurred at noon today.
BERLIN (AFP) – French President Francois Hollande said Friday that US President Donald Trump’s administration poses “challenges” for Europe.
Migrants and asylum seekers cost Germany’s federal government €21.7 billion in 2016, according to a Finance Ministry report.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s left wing rival in September’s federal elections has drawn equal with her party in a shock poll.
As Germany approaches the next Federal election in September, former European Parliament President Martin Schulz has been selected to stand for the Social Democrats, and run against centre-right Chancellor Angela Merkel.
BERLIN (AP) — Former German President Roman Herzog has been commemorated in a state funeral in Berlin for his services to the country during his tenure in the 1990s. Lutheran Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm said in his eulogy Tuesday that Herzog
Angela Merkel’s party continues to fall from favour with German voters, according the the latest poll for Bild on Sunday. Polling organisation Emnid’s figures show that the percentage of people intending to vote for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister
BERLIN (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday welcomed the “clarity” provided by British Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech laying out her plans for Brexit.
Contents: China threatens to ‘take off the gloves’ with Donald Trump; European leaders shocked and surprised at Trump’s foreign policy comments
Monday on CNN International’s “Amanpour,” commenting on President-elect Donald Trump’s first UK interview with The Times of London, which covered several international issues, Secretary of State John Kerry said, “I thought frankly it was an inappropriate for a president-elect of
AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel led a sharp European response to US President-elect Donald Trump Monday after he branded NATO “obsolete” and said more countries would leave the EU after Britain. In a hard-hitting interview with two European newspapers,
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s most powerful politician said Monday that he would tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an upcoming visit that she has some responsibility for what he sees as the German media’s critical and harmful opinion of Poland.
President-elect Donald Trump’s latest shot across the bow of NATO hit close enough to leave some European leaders dripping with “astonishment and agitation,” as German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier put it.
The globalists in world politics and international finance are celebrating a somber occasion in Davos, media reports indicate, as their influence on the global stage is waning rapidly in the wake of the U.K. referendum to leave the European Union and the U.S. election of Donald Trump to the presidency.
Angela Merkel warned Germans should not take freedom for granted, in a speech aimed at countering a rising tide of populism on Friday night. Speaking at a party conference in Saarlouis, the chancellor called on Germans to show respect for
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday told the European Union it must keep a united front in negotiations with Britain over its exit from the bloc.
German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has said “It is no longer unthinkable” for the EU to break apart in light of the Brexit referendum, migrant crisis, and ongoing troubles in the Eurozone.
A senior coalition partner in Angela Merkel’s government is to present an action plan to solve Germany’s migrant crisis on Tuesday, with local media reporting the document’s title as “So that Germany remains Germany”. The document is understood to be the
Significantly less than half of all the failed asylum seekers and economic migrants, who have no right to remain, are deported from the European Union (EU), it has been revealed.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is considering setting a flexible limit on the number of migrants allowed into the country each year.
The British prime minister, Theresa May, is set to be the first European leader to meet with Donald Trump following his inauguration as president of the United States, Downing Street has announced.
Germany received more asylum requests in 2016 than the rest of the European Union (EU) combined. In response to the report, the Bundestag vice-president warned Germany’s migrant crisis was not over.
French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has said German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door mass migration policy has “saved our collective dignity,” and warned that criticism of Merkel was a “disgusting simplification.”
In her New Year’s speech, Chancellor Angela Merkel affirmed that her government will win the fight against terrorism with compassion and denied that her open-door mass migration policy, which directly brought terrorists to Germany, was wrong.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – Beginning on New Year’s Eve through January 2 for the Sugar Bowl, Bourbon Street will be closed off to motorists in response to the deadly truck-involved Islamic terrorist attack in Berlin.
On Friday’s Breitbart News Daily, SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam asked former UN Ambassador John Bolton about Tunisian jihadi Anis Amir’s murder spree in Berlin, using a hijacked truck from Poland, followed by a getaway that took him across several European countries with ease before he was brought down in Italy.
A member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has said illegal migrants such as Christmas market attack suspect Anis Amri play the German asylum system and should not have been in the country in the first place.
In a February 2002 news conference, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was asked about evidence linking Iraq to supplying terrorist groups with weapons of mass destruction.
Suspected Berlin attacker Anis Amri had torched a migrant camp, was radicalised in Italy, had known connections with German Salafists, and was even on the U.S. ‘no-fly’ list for communicating with Islamic State – but was repeatedly set free by European authorities.
