Merkel Says Islam ‘belongs to Germany’ Ahead of Dresden Rally
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‘Multiculturalism utterly failed in Germany’ – Merkel
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German Chancellor Merkel: ‘Islam belongs to Germany’
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday rebuffed comments by her interior minister claiming Islam did not belong to Germany, saying the religion of four million of its citizens was part of the country just like Christianity and Judaism. Speaking at a joint news conference with Swedish Premier Stefan Lofven in Berlin, Merkel underlined the significance of…
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Asylum: Germany processes more applications than other EU states combined
Just as it did the previous year, Germany handled more asylum applications in 2017 than all fellow EU members combined. The way Germany interprets the Dublin agreement suggests the discrepancy is set to continue. German authorities decided on 524,185 asylum applications last year, more than the 435,070 cases being handled in all other EU states combined in…
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Germany, China to work on steel overcapacity via G20
Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping about steel overcapacity and the US threat of tariffs. They are to work on solutions through the G20 group of industrialized nations. During a phone call on Saturday German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to discuss solutions to global steel overcapacity. Merkel and…
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Shipbuilders split on German-ness of new combat ship
A German flag on a minesweeper of the German Navy blows in the wind as the ship stands in port Nov. 9, 2006, in Kiel, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) COLOGNE, Germany — Germany’s planned acquisition of a new frigate-like warship has triggered an industry debate that goes something like this: Will the vessels be German enough? That…
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Merkel 4.0: Top priorities of Germany’s new government
Here’s a look at the main priorities set out in their coalition agreement, which will guide policy-making for the next four years. BERLIN: Angela Merkel finally begins her fourth term as chancellor Wednesday, ending nearly six months of political deadlock in Germany since September’s inconclusive election. As her conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the centre-left Social…
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Germany, China warn Trump tariff moves threaten global trade
BERLIN Germany denounced moves by President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on U.S. metal imports, saying Europe needed a united response to the threat and echoing criticism from China that it risked undermining the global trade system. Trump set import tariffs on Thursday of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminium, to come…
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Germany to expand global military missions
The German government wants to extend six military missions, including in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Mali. Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen took to the media to make the case for more Bundeswehr interventions. The German government wants to expand and adapt its foreign military missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Mali, Angela Merkel’s cabinet agreed on…
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Why Germany must spend more on defense
German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets the soldiers of the military honour guard ahead of the welcoming ceremony for Estonia’s Prime Minister Jueri Ratas at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 15, 2017. Sophia Besch is a research fellow at the Centre for European Reform, specializing in European defense policy. The opinions in this article belong…
