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Germany bracing for rallies as far-right party picks leaders
Dec 02, 2017 10:35The far-right Alternative for Germany gathers Saturday to elect new leadership, with police bracing for potentially violent street protests against the anti-migrant, anti-Islam party.
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‘Merkel’s party, SPD agree to enter coalition talks’
Dec 01, 2017 12:27German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer, and SPD Party leader Martin Schulz agreed during a meeting late on Thursday to enter into talks to find a way out of the recent political impasse in forming a coalition, a party official said on Friday.
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German coalition partner questions Merkel’s leadership
Nov 29, 2017 11:19Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) vice-chairman, Olaf Scholz, has criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel’s leadership skills ahead of fresh talks on a possible “grand coalition” that would include the SPD.
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German chancellor’s CDU agrees to pursue ‘grand coalition’ with SPD
Nov 27, 2017 03:59Leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Conservative Party agreed on Sunday to pursue a “grand coalition” with the Social Democrats (SPD) to break the political deadlock in Europe’s biggest economy.
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Merkel’s fate uncertain, half of Germans favor new polls
Nov 22, 2017 10:08A new opinion poll shows that half of Germans are in favor of new elections as Chancellor Angela Merkel struggles to reach a compromise with other parties to form a coalition government.
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Riyadh cancels official’s visit to Berlin over criticism
Nov 20, 2017 12:07Saudi Arabia has canceled a visit by one of its senior officials to Berlin, a day after recalling its ambassador to the country in protest at the German foreign minister’s criticism of Riyadh.
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Germany’s coalition talks collapse as FDP walks out
Nov 20, 2017 06:03Marathon talks on forming a coalition government in Germany have collapsed, plunging the eurozone’s largest economy into a political crisis and casting doubt on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s fourth term.
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Hariri says will clarify stance on Lebanon after returning home
Nov 18, 2017 13:19Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri has said he will announce his position with regard to the ongoing crisis in the country after he returns to Lebanon in the coming days.
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German factions fail in initial efforts to form coalition
Nov 17, 2017 09:44German political factions have failed in their initial efforts to form a three-way coalition because of disagreements over environment, business, and migration policies.
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German strategists predict ‘increasingly disorderly’ world
Nov 06, 2017 09:22German military strategists have run a confidential scenario study part of which predicts an “increasingly disorderly” world by 2040, a report has revealed, adding that the country's military would take “concrete” measures to prepare for that scenario.