Posts Tagged: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Germany Has No Confirmation of US Troop Withdrawal, Values Them
The German government said on Monday it had not had official confirmation from Washington of any decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw thousands of troops...
Suspected Far-Right Gunman Kills Nine in Attack on Migrant Bars in German City of Hanau
A gunman with suspected far-right links shot dead nine people, some of them migrants from Turkey, in an overnight rampage through a German city before killing himself, officials said. Chancellor...
Call to Dissolve State Assembly as Merkel Steps Into Row Over German Far-Right
The newly-elected premier of Thuringia called for the dissolution of the state assembly on Thursday after Chancellor Angela Merkel said his election with support from...
Top US Jewish Group Praises German Parliament’s Call for Hezbollah Ban
A top US Jewish group welcomed the Bundestag’s approval on Thursday of a motion calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to prohibit all Hezbollah activities...
German Parliament Passes Motion Urging Total Ban on Hezbollah
The German parliament on Thursday approved a motion urging Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to ban all activities by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group on German soil,...
German Chancellor Merkel Expresses ‘Shame’ During Auschwitz Visit, Vows to Fight Antisemitism
Angela Merkel expressed "deep shame" on Friday during her first visit as chancellor to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Holocaust memorial and vowed to fight rising racism and...
Merkel to Make First Visit to Auschwitz as German Leader
JNS.org - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp next month for the first time in her 14 years in...
Merkel Urges Return to Iran Nuclear Deal to Defuse Middle East Tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called for a return to an international deal curbing Iran's nuclear activities as the only way to defuse tensions...
Trump Leaves Iran Diplomacy Door Open After Macron’s Zarif Gambit
US President Donald Trump appeared to leave a window open for diplomacy with Iran on Monday after French President Emmanuel Macron flew in Iran's foreign...
Merkel to Tehran: Uphold the Nuclear Deal, or There Will ‘Be Consequences’
JNS.org - German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Iran on Tuesday to uphold the stipulations of the 2015 nuclear deal or else face repercussions. “We are pushing...
House Bipartisan Group Urges Merkel to Label Hezbollah a Terror Group
JNS.org - A bipartisan group of members in the US House of Representatives sent a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, urging Germany to officially...
Contradicting Trump, Merkel Says Islamic State Not Defeated
Islamic State is far from defeated, and instead is morphing into an asymmetrical warfare force after the militant group lost almost all of the territory...
France, Germany Try to ‘Show the Way Forward’ for Embattled EU Project
The leaders of France and Germany signed a new treaty on Tuesday to update their 1963 post-war reconciliation accord, aiming to reinvigorate the European Union's...
‘It’s Been an Honor,’ Says Merkel as German CDU Picks New Leader
Angela Merkel bowed out as leader of her Christian Democrats on Friday with an emotional speech to her conservative party as it met to pick...
