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The EU Commission’s proposal to classify nuclear power and natural gas plants as “green” investments has become a sticking point between Germany and France. An EU proposal to classify new nuclear power and natural gas investments as “green” has provoked a clash between Paris and Berlin.  The proposal aims to …

France and German plan to raise €500 billion dollars to help the recovery of the economy after the pandemic and also attempt to reduce the reliance on China in medical supply. The plan was proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, aiming to solve the crisis created by …

  Featured Image : Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel in 2012. CreditThomas Peter/Reuters

  © AP Photo/Markus Schreiber BERLIN, December 20 /TASS/. A 23-year-old Pakistani immigrant, Naved B, can be the perpetrator of the recent Christmas terror attack in Berlin, the German newspaper Welt reported on Tuesday citing its own sources. The German police believe that the man used the “Balkan route” to enter …

  An articulated lorry has ploughed into a busy Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48. Germany’s Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere, said “many things” pointed to a deliberate attack. Police said on Twitter that the lorry driver had been arrested, and that a …

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking at a Christian Democratic Union party conference in Essen, on Tuesday called for a ban on wearing Muslim burqas in public as she opened her election campaign for a fourth term. Photo by Kay Nietfeld/European Press Photo Agency After the election of Donald Trump, …

  PHOTO: Ms Merkel is trying to cool tensions after Mr Erdogan threatened to back out of the deal. (Reuters: Tobias Schwarz, file) German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union and Turkey must honour their commitments to each other, as a row between the bloc and Turkish President Recep …

French presidential frontrunner campaign booklet shows country split into east and west, 26 years after reunification  German media reacted with amusement after the French presidential frontrunner François Fillon published a map in a campaign brochure that showed a divided Germany, 26 years after reunification. “Something is wrong,” noted news channel …

Europe is at risk of collapse, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has stated during a trip to Berlin, warning that “Europe could die.” Speaking at an event organized by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper during an economic forum, Valls spoke abundantly about Europe, but also of the political situation in France. …

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, November 17, 2016 © Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Outgoing US President Barack Obama said that he did not expect President-elect Donald Trump to follow his administration’s blueprints in dealing with Russia, yet …