The EU has urged Iran to show “maximum restraint” in handling protests that have rocked the country in recent days. Iranian officials, meanwhile, have arrested protest leaders and imposed a near-total internet blackout. A spokeswoman for the EU on Thursday expressed condolences to the families of those killed during protests in Iran and called for…
The number of homeless people in Germany jumped over 4% between 2017 and 2018 – an increase of approximately 30,000 people, according to government figures cited by DW. Some 678,000 people in 2018 did not have permanent accommodation, up from 650,000 in 2017, according to Germany’s BAG, a nationwide consortium aimed at helping the homeless. Of that number, 41,000…
GRANSEE, GERMANY – JUNE 19: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron address the media during a joint press conference at Schloss Meseberg governmental palace during German-French government consultations on June 19, 2018 near Gransee, Germany. Merkel, Macron and a selection of their government ministers are coming together today for a day of…
The campaign, called ‘Exit from with a New Deal for Britain and the EU‘, was launched by Henreich Weiss, Michael Rogowski, and Hans-Olaf Henkel, three former BDI Presidents – the equivalent of the British CBI – who share the “goal to prevent Brexit”. Mr. Henkel compared the campaign to the Battle of Britain. He said:…
The Church of Our Lady before Tyn, right, stands among residential and commercial property on the city skyline in Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2017. The Czech Republic posted its biggest ever budget surplus last year after the government spent less than planned and economic growth boosted tax receipts, a rare success that…
U.S. Army and German Bundeswehr officers address journalists during the Allied Spirit X international military exercise near Hohenfels, Germany, in April 2019. (Lennart Preiss/Getty Images) COLOGNE, Germany — The chiefs of staff of the armies of the United States and Germany have signed an agreement targeting an unprecedented level of interoperability between their formations within…
We need a new politics devoted to bringing people together. It has been a slow and painful process, but more and more mainstream European politicians are beginning to wake up to the failures of multiculturalism in their respective countries. At a recent meeting with young members of her Christian Democratic Union party, German chancellor Angela…
If France and Germany managed to get along, Europe would look very different—and so would the Western Balkans. This is not a good time for countries in the Western Balkans. Or for supporters of “more Europe” in general. Both have become unwitting victims of a messy falling-out between French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor…
ANGELA MERKEL has suffered fresh humiliation after her Christian Democrats (CDU) were beaten into third place in Sunday’s regional election in the eastern state of Thuringia. Preliminary results had Angela Merkel‘s Christian Democrats (CDU) polling at 21.8 percent, behind the left (31 percent) and the AfD (23.4 percent). The results show huge gains for the AfD,…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union need to conclude a free trade agreement as soon as possible after Britain’s exit from the bloc, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, hours after the two parties sealed a divorce deal. Merkel told a news conference after EU leaders discussed Brexit that the exit deal…