Funds are urgently needed to modernize its weaponry and systems, Gerhartz says. BERLIN: Nato member Germany’s air force is in dire straits and funds are urgently needed to modernise its weaponry and systems, the air force chief of staff said … Read More
On the back of the latest round of fighting over illegal immigration, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer of Bavaria’s CSU party reportedly castigated Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying he “can’t work with this woman anymore”. Merkel is adamant that migrant policy … Read More
The dispute has raised questions over Merkel’s future, as nationalist forces already in power elsewhere in Europe turn up the heat on the long-serving German chancellor for her welcoming stance toward migrants. Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said she expected … Read More
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer’s new “migration master plan” for Germany was set to be published on Tuesday. At the last moment, apparently amid disagreement with Chancellor Angela Merkel, it has been postponed. Germany’s conservatives have announced a delay to their … Read More
The German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) (L), the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) (C) and the Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) (R) hold a discussion in the German parliament on March 22, 2018. © M. Popow / Global Look … Read More
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term over the weekend. She struck a deal with the Social Democrats (SPD) to form government. Two-thirds of SPD members backed the deal, despite the threat of a veto. We’re not surprised… Although … Read More
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 … Read More
After eighteen years of being at the helm of the Christian Democratic Union, Angela Merkel could be on the brink of her last hurrah if her governing party’s grand coalition with the SPD is renewed on Sunday. During Berlin’s convention on Monday, … Read More
GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned immigrants to “integrate or face consequences” in a last desperate bid to gain support for her crisis-stricken coalition as she attempts to cling to power. The Chancellor came under fire for her decision in 2015 to … Read More
GERMANY’S anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) has overtaken the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) for the first time in a national poll to become the second-strongest party, an Insa survey. Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s Christian Democrats (CDU) gained 2.5 percentage points to reach … Read More