Hundreds of thousands of migrants entered Germany after former Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the borders in 2015 to refugees fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and beyond. While, in general, a person has to live in Germany for … Read More
Germany is part of the international effort to resolve the crisis caused by Russia’s enormous military buildup along Ukraine’s borders. Since there are more and more related problems, the Berlin government might want to start numbering them. Berlin, February 4th, … Read More
BERLIN ––German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to a demand by her Bavarian allies to seek an annual limit on migration, clearing an obstacle for talks on forming her next government and responding to an electoral surge by the nationalist Alternative … Read More
‘History shows European financial stability may be a bridge too far, leaving investors in extreme peril when it fails’ It is not one of the market’s most attractive traits when it ends up extremely long on bravado and exceedingly short … Read More
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in 2014. Despite the gains made by the far right in the German elections, Mr. Netanyahu expressed confidence that Israel and Germany would only deepen their ties. CreditAmmar Awad/Reuters … Read More
Alexander Gauland and Alice Weidel, the leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, speaking with reporters on Tuesday outside the German parliament in Berlin. CreditMichael Sohn/Associated Press It has become a new ritual of Western politics: hold an election, watch … Read More
The strong performance of the populist Alternative for Germany party in Sunday’s election has worried Afghan and other Muslim migrants. They fear that AfD’s anti-immigration agenda may make life harder for them. The entry of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) in … Read More
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Jewish groups in Europe and the United States expressed alarm on Sunday at the far-right Alternative for Germany’s success in Germany’s parliamentary election and urged other parties not to form an alliance with the AfD. Early projections … Read More
The Alternative for Germany (AfD), which rails against immigration and Islam, is set to become the country’s first hard-right nationalist party to clear the five-percent hurdle and enter parliament in the post-war era. Close to France’s National Front and the … Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will have no choice but to restrict its economic ties with Turkey to pressure its NATO partner into releasing German citizens it imprisoned on political grounds, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in remarks published on Saturday. Relations … Read More