Angela merkel
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Merkel Defends Decision to Host G-20 in Hamburg After Rioting
EghtesadOnline: Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the decision to host the Group of 20 summit in Germany’s second-biggest city, promising government compensation for property damage in the wake…
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Merkel calls for G20 compromise as crunch climate talks start
EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed fellow Group of 20 leaders to compromise at the start of talks on climate and trade that have pitted U.S. President Donald Trump against…
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U.S. no longer a 'friend' in Merkel election program
EghtesadOnline: In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States.
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Merkel Says Immigration Better Solved by Opportunity, Not Walls
EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a shot at President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, telling an audience in Mexico that a physical barrier won’t resolve any country’s…
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Germany's Merkel lends support to Mexico over NAFTA
EghtesadOnline: Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday backed Mexico to press for a successful renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Donald Trump, thanking its government…
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German-Turkish Break Over Anti-ISIS Air Base Shows Depth of Rift
EghtesadOnline: Germany is poised to withdraw troops from an air base in Turkey, in a deepening estrangement between two NATO allies and trade partners.
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Merkel's Chief of Staff Says EU to Join China, India on Climate
EghtesdaOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff, Peter Altmaier, said Europe will move forward with countries such as China and India after the U.S. pulled out of the Paris climate…
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World pledges to save 'Mother Earth' despite Trump's snub to climate pact
EghtesadOnline: China and Europe pledged on Friday to unite to save what German Chancellor Angela Merkel called "our Mother Earth", standing firmly against President Donald Trump's decision to…
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Trump Blasts Germany Again as Merkel, Modi Cite Mutual Values
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump blasted Germany anew over trade and defense, ratcheting up a dispute with Chancellor Angela Merkel that risks getting personal and undermining a trans-Atlantic…
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Merkel Says U.S. Ties Shouldn't Deter Europe From Own Path
EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she remains a “committed trans-Atlanticist” who wants strong ties with the U.S., even as she renewed her warning that reliable relations with…
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Merkel Signals New Era for Europe as Trump Smashes Consensus
EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave her strongest indication yet that Europe and the U.S. under President Donald Trump are drifting apart, saying reliable relationships forged…
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Macron Win Is Bad for Putin, Good for Team Merkel on World Stage
EghtesadOnline: The standard bearers for liberal democracy and global free trade were quick to welcome Emmanuel Macron as France’s next president, and there’s already one likely loser on the…
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Merkel Says NATO Must Show Strength and Keep Dialog With Russia
EghtesadOnline: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization needs to show strength and keep open lines of dialog amid a new political security situation in Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel…
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Merkel Takes on Trump Over Demands for German NATO Spending
EghtesadOnline: Chancellor Angela Merkel sharpened her tone against President Donald Trump’s demands that Germany spend more on defense, saying she’ll keep insisting that targets on development…
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Ivanka Trump Goes to Berlin as Merkel Seeks a White House Backchannel
EghtesadOnline: One is a 62-year-old former physicist who grew up in a Lutheran parish house in East Germany. The other is a businesswoman whose billionaire property-developer father brought…
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Merkel Faces First 'Schulz Effect' Test in German State Election
EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party faces its first electoral test by the resurgent Social Democrats under challenger Martin Schulz as the western state of Saarland goes to…
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Merkel Plays Anti-Terror Card as German Election Year Kicks Off
EghtesadOnline: Angela Merkel’s party is attacking her political opponents as weak on fighting terrorism and crime as the German chancellor seeks to blunt her main challenger’s momentum in a…
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Merkel, Abe Call for Swift EU-Japan Deal to Stem Trade Barriers
EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for a concerted effort to defend free trade, saying global markets can be both open and fair.
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Merkel's Challenger Rules Out Trump-Style Campaign in Germany
EghtesadOnline: Angela Merkel’s Social Democratic challenger said he’ll shun campaign tactics associated with U.S. President Donald Trump and defend a fragile Europe as he won his party’s backing…
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Germany Trades Barbs With Trump on Defense After Merkel Meeting
EghtesadOnline: Germany and U.S. traded barbs over the weekend about defense spending following an awkward first meeting between President Donald Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Trade Talk Shows Trump, Merkel Have Little Common Ground
EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump’s and Angela Merkel’s rhetoric on global trade showed no sign that the two leaders are anywhere close to finding common ground.
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Day After Frosty Merkel Meeting, Trump Slams Germany on NATO
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump, less than 24 hours after an awkward first meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel that highlighted their divides on policy and personality, said Germany…
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Germany's Merkel calls for standardized European rules on using data
EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for Europe to set about standardizing rules on using data in Europe, ahead of a visit to the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover…
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In first Trump-Merkel meeting, awkward body language and a quip
EghtesadOnline: The first face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel started awkwardly on Friday and ended even more oddly, with a quip by Trump…
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Trump-Merkel Meeting Tests Odd Couple Leading Western Alliance
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump’s first meeting with Germany’s Angela Merkel at the White House on Tuesday will test the power dynamic between the West’s two pre-eminent leaders, one struggling…
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Facebook Doesn't Understand German, at Least Not in Court
EghtesadOnline: A German lawsuit over a photo showing a Syrian refugee with Chancellor Angela Merkel has put Facebook Inc.’s hate-speech policies under scrutiny. But the high-profile case has…
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Erdogan's Nazi Comparison Draws Fire From Merkel Chief of Staff
EghtesadOnline: A senior aide to Chancellor Angela Merkel hit back at Turkey’s government, saying Germany doesn’t need lessons in democracy after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan likened the cancellatio…
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Merkel Risks Tension With Erdogan Over Turkish Reporter's Arrest
EghtesadOnline: Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the arrest of a German reporter in Turkey as excessively harsh, risking tension with President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan as she counts on him to…
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Merkel's Efforts to Get Trump to Take a Harder Line on Russia May Be Paying Off
EghtesadOnline: On Feb. 7, Donald Trump used his first tweet of the day to distance himself from Russia and Vladimir Putin.
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Merkel suggests euro is too low for Germany
EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested on Saturday that the euro was too low for Germany but made clear that Berlin had no power to address this "problem" because monetary…