14 Dec 2020

CDU leadership candidate blames jobless total on influx of migrants

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Three candidates to lead German conservative party hold TV debate. The three men are battling to replace Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as CDU leader | Bernd von Jutrczenka/Getty Images Friedrich Merz, one of the candidates to become leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic … Read More
31 Oct 2020

Germany: Angela Merkel’s party to decide her successor in January

by | posted in: Germany, News |

There are three contenders for leadership of Angela Merkel’s center-right CDU party. The winner will be decided in mid-January. The next leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will be decided in mid-January, the party announced on Saturday. … Read More
1 Aug 2019

Merkel ally calls for Europe to go it alone in the Gulf

by | posted in: European Union, News |

Britain has already deployed the destroyer, HMS Duncan, to protect shipping from seizure by Iran – CREDIT: LA(PHOTO) BEN SUTTON/MOD/PA A key ally of Angela Merkel has called for Europe to set up its own naval task force in the … Read More