Angela Merkel
Germany ousts spy chief over handling of far-right protests
Germany's government said on Tuesday it would replace the head of its domestic spy agency who has faced accusations of harbouring far-right sympathies, putting an end to a row…
Talking Europe
Former German diplomat Joachim Bitterlich: 'We cannot accept any extremism'
A former German diplomat and advisor to Helmut Kohl, Joachim Bitterlich is now an advisor to the Austrian presidency of the EU and professor at the ESCP business school in Paris.…
The World This Week
Battle of values: What's Europe's answer to illiberal democracy?
The World This Week looks at the growing threat to European liberalism from populist movements on the continent. Our panel discusses the possible solutions for Brussels when…
Eye On Africa
Merkel wraps up three-day West Africa tour in Nigeria
Migration and boosting Nigeria's economy top the agenda in Abuja as President Muhammadu Buhari meets his German counterpart Angela Merkel. Also, Mauritanians prepare to vote in…
Far right stages new protest against Merkel in Chemnitz
German far-right demonstrators gathered in the eastern city of Chemnitz to protest Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policy Thursday, but there was no new outburst of the…
German far-right stages new anti-Merkel protest in Chemnitz
German far-right demonstrators gathered in the eastern city of Chemnitz to protest Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policy Thursday, but there was no new outburst of the…
Merkel: ‘Hate in the streets’ has no place in Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday condemned violent far-right protests in the eastern city of Chemnitz that degenerated into attacks against foreign-looking people, saying…
Vladmir Putin in Berlin to talk Syria, Ukraine and pipeline
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin outside Berlin on Saturday for discussions about the war in Syria, violence in eastern Ukraine and energy…
The Debate
With allies like these... Trump guns for Germany at NATO Summit
Will meeting Putin really be the easy part? That quip by Donald Trump raised the curtain on a European tour that began in Brussels with a NATO summit where the Atlantic…
Trump, Merkel meet after verbal clash at NATO summit
US President Donald Trump held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday, hours after he fiercely criticised German…
‘Trump isn’t going to be a stabilising force within this summit’, says France 24’s Philip Crowther
US President Donald Trump held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday, hours after he fiercely criticised German…
Business Daily
Goals and growth: The economic impact of World Cup triumph
World Cup fever has a hold over France as "Les Bleus" prepare for their semi-final against Belgium. But could triumph in Russia lead to an economic boost? We try to answer that…
Talking Europe