by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2017 Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany needs to meet its obligation to spend 2 percent of its GDP on defense. U.S. President Donald Trump is actively pressuring NATO allies to increase their defense spending. Germany currently spends about 1.2 percent of GDP on defense, which Merkel vows to change if […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has changed her mind and appears ready to send packing many of the migrants she once welcomed with open arms. As a parting gift, they will get some cash from the nation’s taxpayers. Merkel, who is trailing in the polls in her bid for a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 17, 2017 Germany will not make itself “submissive” to Donald Trump, the country’s deputy chancellor said in response to the president-elect’s scathing criticism of Berlin over the weekend. “We are not inferior to him, we have something to bring to the table too,” Sigmar Gabriel, who is also minister of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2016 The arrest of a 17-year-old Afghan refugee for the rape and murder of a 19-year-old student in Freiburg has enraged Germans critical of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door refugee policy. The murder of medical student Maria Ladenburger also reignited criticism of the German media for their reluctance to cover the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 2, 2016 Iran will not recognize Israel as a precondition for normalizing relations with Germany, the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Ministry said on Oct. 2. “Ties between Iran and Germany are based on mutual respects and interests, and no precondition would be acceptable in this regard,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi, said. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 3, 2016 Germany’s vice chancellor said the EU “will not be blackmailed” after Turkey threatened to walk away from its agreement to reduce the flow of migrants into Europe. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara would bail on the agreement if it does not receive visa-free travel for Turks in […]
