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Europe wants Latin America on side against Vladimir Putin. Good luck with that
LONDON — In the struggle for hearts and minds against Russia, Europe has it sights on a new target. Unfortunately for them, Latin America’s not listening. An extended charm offensive by senior...
View ArticleGermany in recession: Berlin braces for budget cut battle
BERLIN — Europe’s largest economy has money problems for the first time in nearly a decade — and it’s up to three squabbling parties to fix them. Germany has officially fallen into a recession,...
View ArticleGerman MEPs sow chaos ahead of big vote on sustainable supply chains
German conservatives and liberals are aiming a wrecking ball at Thursday’s plenary vote in the European Parliament on corporate sustainability due diligence. The threat from Germany, the EU’s biggest...
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From hero to zero: Germany’s Robert Habeck picks up the climate tab
BERLIN — There was a time when Robert Habeck seemed unstoppable. Throughout last spring and summer, the German vice chancellor and economy minister was leading in popularity polls as he steered the...
View ArticleFar-right surge triggers alarm in Germany
BERLIN — A strong rise of the far-right is spooking Germany’s political class, sparking concerns ahead of upcoming regional elections and broader unease over the right in Europe. Support for the...
View ArticleScholz, Macron, Duda to meet in Paris to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine
PARIS – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda are expected to travel to Paris next Monday for talks with French president Emmanuel Macron, several French officials have...
View ArticleGermany mulls downsizing China summit, aims to publish strategy in July
BERLIN — Germany is saying Willkommen to the Chinese government for a joint summit in Berlin next week — but kindly asking them to not bring too many ministers. Officials from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s...
View ArticleGermany accuses China of ‘aggressively’ claiming supremacy in Asia
BERLIN — Germany on Wednesday blasted China for acting against Europe’s interests, “aggressively claiming regional supremacy” in Asia and putting international security at risk. The criticism, which...
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France presses EU to threaten trade war against China
À l’attaque! France is ratcheting up pressure on Brussels to hit back against what it sees as China’s unfair advantages in export sectors such as electric vehicles — but the EU is wary about the risks...
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The EU is getting a German-infused PR machine — with double the money
Ursula von der Leyen wants to sell you on Europe — via Germany. Starting in 2024, the EU’s top executive is planning to double the European Commission’s annual communications budget from €30 million...
View ArticleScholz bags €30 billion Intel deal in exchange for more subsidies
BERLIN — Germany should become a leading semiconductor producer, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday, while also stressing the need to reduce dependencies on China and urging Beijing to refrain from...
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What genocide? Volkswagen’s morally expensive bet on China
BERLIN — The blowback came in the form of cake. An annual meeting of Volkswagen shareholders in Berlin in May was disrupted by protesters, one of whom hurled the creamy confection at the assembled...
View ArticleChina’s PM focuses on trade and climate, ignores Scholz’s Ukraine plea
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday reiterated his appeal to China to use its influence on Russia to help end the war in Ukraine. But his guest from Beijing wanted to talk about...
View ArticleScholz to NATO: Focus on boosting Ukraine’s military power, not membership
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday that next month’s NATO summit should focus on strengthening Ukraine’s military power instead of opening a process for the country to join the...
View ArticleGermany ready to put 4,000 soldiers permanently in Lithuania
BERLIN — Germany is preparing to permanently deploy 4,000 soldiers to Lithuania, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Monday in Vilnius. Infrastructure and training facilities need to be constructed,...
View ArticleFar-right triumph in German district election spooks politicians
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) for the first time won a district council election as it overtook Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats in national polls, sparking concerns over...
View ArticleGerman ruling parties finalize deal on controversial heating law
BERLIN — Germany’s three ruling parties agreed late Monday on final details of a green energy law to phase out gas and oil heating, paving the way for the bill to be adopted next week ahead of the...
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Migration money feud infiltrates EU summit
BRUSSELS — EU countries are bickering over granting billions in new funds to deal with migration as asylum applications soar and backlogs pile up at the Continent’s borders. Germany, which received a...
View ArticleMigration mutiny: EU summit deadlocks
BRUSSELS — EU leaders were ticking through their agenda items with alacrity on Thursday. Rumors were circulating they might even cancel Friday’s meeting, having nothing left to talk about. Then Viktor...
View ArticleRomania demands Germany ‘permanently’ send over troops
BERLIN — Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu urged German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday to further boost NATO’s eastern flank by sending over German troops to his country “soon” and...
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