Puigdemont urges Madrid to 'start political dialogue' in Catalonia row
Catalonia's Puigdemont leaves German jail on bail
Merkel's CDU approves grand coalition deal. The German chancellor's conservative party has given a green light to a new government with the Social Democrats (SPD)
6 month ago"We want to make them redundant and ensure that we don't see them in the Bundestag in four years' time." - rising CDU star, Merkel critic and proposed health minister in a new grand coalition, @JensSpahn lambasts far-right AfD at conservative CDU party conference
German chancellor's conservatives back coalition deal with SPD.
6 month agoMerkel: "No matter whether it comes from migrants or from the AfD, anti-Semitism has no place in this country."
Merkel's CDU votes on German coalition deal after new cabinet picks
Germany approves 31 arms deals with Turkey amid signs of normalization
6 month agoMerkel announces her critic @jensspahn to become new health minister, Merkel only East German in new cabinet if @spdde grassroots votes in favor of continuation of GroKo‚ grand coalition'
Merkel responds: "I am east German" to criticism that eastern Germany isn't represented enough in new cabinet
Merkel confirms she would give arch critic job in a new German cabinet
Merkel says the fact that Thomas de Mazière isn't part of her new cabinet is "sad and marks the end of an era."
Chinese manufacturer Geely is buying a stake worth almost 7.5 billion euros ($9.2 billion) in Daimler to become the largest investor in the German automaker
"There are MPs in this House that I can't describe as anything but racists!" Former Green Party leader @cem_oezdemir lays into far-right AfD party after they initiate Bundestag debate on Denis Yücel's satirical work
Germany says Turkey releases another German citizen from prison
7 month agoTunisia's Foreign Minister: "We're not yet a democracy."
Merkel warns against China's influence in Balkans
7 month agoSyria: „fight over this (post IS) order has begun. we (West) don't seem to have answer to this kind of challenge." Social Democrat MP @NielsAnnen tells Germany's parliament. Annen one of names in hat for German Foreign Minister if Merkel - led GroKo coalition happens
7 month agoAlly-turned-foe, pro business free democrat party @fdp leader @c_lindner criticizes Merkel for being too unspecific on future EU. Says it is „more telling" what she leaves out than what she says. Lindner wants majority vote on EU foreign policy, transnational election lists
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Syrian government is "fighting not against militants, but against its own people"
After far right @afd parliamentary party leader @Alice_Weidel tells Merkel to „stop threatening Britain" over Brexit and accuses her of „only spending other people's money" on EU: applause sure sign of who is AfD. All other MPs silent.
7 month agoMerkel: Fact that first chapter of coalition agreement with @spdde is about Europe - „Germany's national response" to EU. Need joint foreign policy approach on Russia, China and regional conflicts
7 month agoMerkel ahead of informal EU summit: „Redistribution of structural funds should also reflect willingness to accept migrants" - indirect threat to Poland Hungary
Merkel: We must do all we can to end the massacre in Syria and we will communicate with Russia
7 month agoMerkel tells Germany's parliament: „The World is not waiting for us" - need „European responses to pressing big challenges of our time". Speech ahead of informal EU summit Friday
Germany suspends visas for Cambodian government members over crackdown
German Defense Minister vonderLeyen has rejected criticism of the lack of equipment in the military. "Modernization takes time and money," she said. Given the current challenges, the Bundeswehr achieves an "extraordinary performance."
Germany Berlin - Suspicious package at Ostbahnhof. Train traffic halted
At least 14 illegal Afghan citizens have been deported to their homeland from Germany
7 month ago[email protected] gives a readout on Deputy Secretary Sullivan's participation in MSC2018 in Germany, his meetings in Rome to discuss US-Italy cooperation on shared priorities, and his visit to Kyiv, where he will underscore U.S. support for Ukraine's sovereignty.
