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Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named by US President Obama as a recipient of the ‘ Presidential Medal of Freedom’
The ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’ is a decoration [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 30-01-2010
Almost 80 percent – four in five Germans – oppose Berlin’s plans to increase its number of troops in Afghanistan.
This, according to a poll released Wednesday, a day before the international London conference on Afghanistan.
Germany presently has 4,300 troops in the northern part of the Afghanistan, the third largest contingent in the US led mission.
The number of German defence personnel in [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 25-01-2010
There are some foreign policies that Angela Merkel seems not to like to talk about. One is Afghanistan and the other is the on-going strife between Israelis and Palestinians.
While Merkel seems willing to go against the very strong public will of the German electorate and increase Germany’s troop numbers in Afghanistan, she lacks the courage to oppose the ultra-nationalist, right-wing Israeli [...] Continue Reading…
A disagreement over a deadly airstrike in Afghanistan this September hangs heavily over the newly elected coalition government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It may yet prove to be the undoing of her previously held support to meet a US request to send more German troops.
Germany presently has 4,500 soldiers in the country.
The botched airstrike on two fuel trucks – which had [...] Continue Reading…
Germany – for what almost seems like the first time – has today publicly criticised Israeli plans to build settlements in the occupied West Bank. This a week before both countries’ leaders will meet in Berlin.
The modern Germany Federal Republic has a special bond with Israel and has always been extra careful to avoid any criticism of the country. The legacy of [...] Continue Reading…
The CDU right-wing government of Angela Merkel has in principal approved a one-year extension of its NATO deployment force in Afghanistan, however the size of troop level will stay the same.
The cabinet decision will have to be confirmed by the German Parliament next month when the current mandate expires. For various reasons -probably related to back-door agreements with the US- this decision [...] Continue Reading…
A “reality-sandwich” was delivered to the German people earlier today by the leader of their government Angela Merkel. This after the last couple of days of euphoric international attention and celebration to commemorate the reunification of the two Germanys, 20 years ago. She did not mince her words when she addressed the German Parliament and gave a rather pessimistic review of the [...] Continue Reading…
After winning the federal election on 27th September, circa 1/6th of the electorate now say they would vote differently if given the choice again – and would chose another political party.
It has also become clear since the election that Chancellor Angela Merkel had won her second-term in large part because of the failure of the Social Democratic SPD to turn-out their traditional core [...] Continue Reading…
Three weeks of protracted negotiations between the CDU conservative party of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the liberal Free Democrats ended today with all the parties signing a coalition deal emphasizing tax cuts.
The moderate liberal-conservative coalition of Christian Democrats and Free Democrats: the very model of a modern centrist democracy, agreed on €24bn of tax cuts in an attempt to stimulate [...] Continue Reading…
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