Tag: Germany

(Germany) Moderate Armin Laschet becomes new CDU leader in election year (Claire Stam and Philipp Grüll, Euractiv)

North Rhine-Westphalian (NRW) state premier Armin Laschet has been elected the new chair of Germany’s ruling conservative CDU and will lead the party into...

(Germany/CDU) Laschet succeeds Merkel as German CDU party leader (Al Jazeera)

Centrist Armin Laschet was elected chairman of Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) on Saturday, succeeding Angela Merkel and putting him on course to run as...

(Germany) End of Merkel era begins as German CDU picks new party leader (Al Jazeera)

Germany’s Christian Democrats will elect a new chairman on Saturday, aiming to unite their conservative party behind a new leader who they hope can...

(Germany/Nord Stream 2/USA) Germany says interested in discussing Nord Stream 2 with the US (TASS)

Germany is interested in discussing the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project with the new US administration, Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas...

(Germany/Nord Stream 2) Germany grants permit for Nord Stream 2 constriction in its waters in January-May (TASS)

Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has issued a permit for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in German waters until...

(Germany) After Merkel: Why Germany must end its inertia on defence and security (Jana Puglierin, ECFR)

When Germany’s Christian Democrats elect their new party leader on 16 January, it will mark the beginning of the end of the Merkel era....

(Germany) German economy stalls, probably avoids double-dip recession (Carolynn Look, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

The German economy stagnated at the end of last year, probably avoiding a double-dip recession that is engulfing the euro area. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/14/bbgerman-economy-stalls-probably-avoids-double-dip-recession

(Germany/USA/China) Poll finds Germans diverge from US’ anti-China campaign (Sun Keqin, Global Times)

Almost four-fifths of Germans would be in favor not to interfere in a dispute between the US and China, according to a survey published...

(Germany/Antisemitism) Germany’s Battles Between Light and the Darkness of Antisemitism (Manfred Gerstenfeld, BESA Center)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Reports of antisemitic incidents continue to rise in Germany. Problems concerning Jews, Israel, the perception of the Holocaust, and other related issues...

Imagining Germany without Angela Merkel has got harder (Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/06/imagining-germany-without-angela-merkel-has-got-harder/

IRAN/UK/USA/GERMANY – Iran implicates UK firm, US base in Germany in Soleimani killing (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

An Iranian prosecutor has said a British security firm and an airbase in Germany had a hand in the assassination of Qassem Soleimani almost...

USA/FRANCE/GERMANY – US imposes new tariffs on French, German products amid ongoing Airbus-Boeing feud (Al Arabiya)

The United States announced Wednesday that it will impose additional tariffs on French and German products as part of a long-running dispute over subsidies...

GERMANY/FINLAND/SYRIA – Germany, Finland repatriate women and children from Syria camps (Al Jazeera)

Germany and Finland say they have repatriated 23 of their nationals, women and children from Syria, some of whom were under criminal investigation for...

GERMANY/SYRIA – Germany to allow deportations of Syrians if pose security risk (Al Arabiya)

Germany flag. (Shutterstock) Germany will allow deportation of Syrians to their war-ravaged homeland from 2021 if they are deemed to pose a risk to security,...