ANGELA Merkel’s right-hand-man has said Brexit will be a disaster for Britain with the country’s best hopes being to “manage” it. Peter Altmaier, her chief of staff who has been described as the most powerful man in Berlin, warned of the “severe loss” to the UK in its decision to retreat from the bloc. But…
GERMANY should abandon its military reluctance and lead Europe, Angela Merkel has been told by a leading historian. In an article for Der Spiegel that would have been unthinkable a few short years ago – with Germany’s reluctance to be a military power stems from its defeat in two world wars and the lingering legacy…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday stood by her decision to open Germany’s borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees two years ago. She has previously defended the move as a necessary response to a humanitarian emergency. Asked during a pre-election television event with voters whether she would do things differently if faced with the…
President Trump has been having a rough few weeks and could use a win. So why isn’t he crowing about what seems to be an important victory in getting Germany to pay its fair share for defense of the Western world? It’s no secret that Trump and Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, regard one another warily….
In 2016, every major media outlet focused on the influx of refugees into the European Union as a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportion. During that year, the media coverage alternatively painted the issue as either a boon or a blight on the E.U. – both exalting, and exposing, the Old Continent’s capability to deal with…
On the eastern border of Europe, NATO is trying to play like it is ready for a big strike against Russia, I think it is time to demilitarize again, explains Bruno Kramm, chairman of the Berlin branch of the Pirates Party to RT. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Monday accused Angela Merkel of kowtowing…
US President Trump stepped up his warnings for North Korea despite German Chancellor Merkel condemning his “verbal escalation.” The European Union has meanwhile called an extraordinary meeting to discuss its options. US President Donald Trump on Friday brushed aside German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s criticism of the increasing tension between the United States and North Korea,…
Islamist terror attacks have increased markedly in the country since it opened its doors to migrants fleeing the Syrian Civil War. On July 28, one person was murdered and another five were injured by an Islamist wielding a knife at a supermarket in Hamburg, Germany. The sad tale had an all-too-familiar ring to it for…
At least one-third of the largest German state wants to gain independence from Berlin and Brussels, a new poll shows. The poll, published by the newspaper Bild, shows that 32% of the Free State of Bavaria wants to get away from the central power of Chancellor Angela Merkel and her European Union allies. The Chairman…