Tag: CDU
German Foreign Ministry ‘Concerned’ by Reported Hack Attack on Bundestag, Awaiting Probe Results
Europe10:29 GMT 29.03.2021(updated 11:29 GMT 29.03.2021) The new hacking reports follow last year's diplomatic spat between Berlin and Moscow over allegations that...
German Defence Minister Says Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Depend on Russia’s Steps Regarding Navalny Case
Europe19:20 GMT 06.09.2020German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been under increased pressure to stop the construction of the nearly complete joint pipeline project of...
Mad at Merkel? Trump’s Plan to Cut US Troops in Germany ‘Came as Surprise for Senior US Officials’
World06:21 GMT 09.06.2020On Monday, Peter Beyer, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling conservative CDU/CSU bloc, slammed Washington's intention to withdraw thousands of...
‘Fungus of Division’: What’s Stopping the US From Relocating Its Nukes From Germany to Poland
What began as a Bundestag debate about the fate of US nuclear weapons on German soil soon turned into a discussion between the nuclear...
German Politicians Split on Prospects of US Nuclear Weapons Withdrawal From Country
Europe11:47 GMT 04.05.2020Leading politicians from the Social Democrats, a partner in Germany's ruling coalition, have called for scrapping all US nuclear weapons...
German Parliament Greenlights Non-Binding Initiative to Ban Hezbollah
Europe01:56 20.12.2019German lawmakers approved a non-binding initiative on Thursday calling on the government to ban from Germany the political and militant group Hezbollah, which...
Europeans Remain Divided Over Daesh Returnees as Turkey Launches Repatriation Campaign
Opinion21:10 16.11.2019(updated 14:20 17.11.2019)Europe is currently expecting to receive several Daesh* fighters that were previously held in Turkey following their capture, with Ankara...
Germany Should Exercise Its Interests Abroad More Forcefully, Defence Minister Says
CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has vowed to increase Germany’s military spending to 2% of gross domestic product, meeting the NATO goal, by 2031. She...
‘Interesting Idea’: Broad Support in Denmark to Send European Troops to Syria
Earlier this week, Germany's ruling party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), proposed sending a joint European army of 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers to set...
Germany Aims to Boost Airport Security to Prevent Gatwick-Style Drone Mayhem – Report
Europe16:51 19.08.2019Despite incidents with drones at London’s Gatwick Airport and Frankfurt Airport, Germany has no large-scale control or defence system to deal with flying...
US Threats to Withdraw Its Troops From Germany Leave Gov’t Coalition Split
Europe12:05 10.08.2019US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell has resumed criticising Berlin for failing to meet the NATO voluntary goal of 2% GDP spending on...
Lawmaker From Merkel’s Party Calls for German Intervention in Libya
The war-torn African country, devastated by a 2011 revolution and turned into smugglers’ heaven, has been split between two governments. The situation escalated last...
German Governing Party Wants to Create European FBI
Europe10:52 26.03.2019Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) have presented their first-ever joint European election programme,...
Former German Finance Minister Seeks Full-Fledged EU Economic Reform
Europe17:48 18.02.2019Berlin and Paris are discussing reforms which have taken place in the EU since the election of French President Emmanuel Macron in 2017....
Washington Reportedly Ramps Up Pressure on EU to Block Nord Stream 2 Project
Europe15:10 27.01.2019(updated 15:12 27.01.2019) The world's most politically charged pipeline, Nord Stream 2, could be in jeopardy after the United States threatened to slap...
No to US Missiles: ‘Germany Must Not Become Venue of Nuclear War Games’ – MP
World13:06 20.11.2018The German Foreign Ministry previously made it clear that the country advocated for the preservation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty...
