World news about “German politics” published by euronews.
‘Double defeat’ for Germany’s Merkel Some are describing it as a double blow for Angela Merkel. As Germany’s Social Democrats celebrate trouncing her CDU in a regional poll, the backlash… 14/05/2012
Germany’s NRW’s new muscle ‘Hit the Road, Jack’… is one of the songs they played at a victory party for SPD Social Democrat Hannelore Kraft. Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrat party was… 14/05/2012
Merkel party defeated in German state election Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) have suffered a crushing defeat in an exceptional state election. The region of North… 13/05/2012
Merkel rejects calls for growth stimulus in Europe German Chancellor Angela Merkel is resisting calls for a relaxation of the austerity drive she has prescribed as a remedy for the eurozone debt… 10/05/2012
Merkel: EU fiscal compact not up for renegotiation German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the new French president is welcome for talks in her country. Merkel emphasised that she was was keen to work closely… 07/05/2012
Germany’s Pirate party elect new leader Thousands of members of Germany’s Pirate Party gathered in the northern town of Neumuenster on Saturday to elect a new leader. Bern Schlomer was elected as… 30/04/2012
President Gauck, from behind Iron Curtain to Germany’s centre stage Joachim Gauck, the 11th President of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the first to personify 70 years of history – the stresses of division and… 18/03/2012
New deal Swiss- German deal to stop tax cheatsThe German cabinet has passed a revised deal to aimed at tackling tax cheats who place secret deposits in Swiss bank accounts. The deal – from which Germany… 25/04/2012
Gauck calls for ‘more Europe’ in time of crisisJoachim Gauck has been sworn in as the new president of Germany. The former pastor’s appointment means that former east Germans hold the country’s two… 23/03/2012
Gauck’s first day at the office as German presidentFrom an upbringing in communist East Germany to the reunified country’s highest office. Germany’s new head of state and former pastor Joachim Gauck has… 19/03/2012
Germans welcome their new presidentThe people of Germany are starting the week with a new president. Joachim Gauck is a former human rights activist from communist East Germany and won the… 19/03/2012
Gauck has ‘unexpectedly found home’ as Germany presidentEast German former Lutheran pastor Joachim Gauck is Germany’s new president, after reluctantly being backed by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Winning with an… 18/03/2012
Gauck becomes new president of GermanyEast German former Lutheran pastor Joachim Gauck has been chosen to be the next president of Germany, after reluctantly being backed by Chancellor Angela… 18/03/2012
Gauck favourite to be next Germany presidentA new German president will be sworn in on Sunday following the recent resignation of Christian Wulff. It is a largely ceremonial role but comes at a time… 18/03/2012
Snap election could pose problems for MerkelA state election, likely due in May. will be a big test of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s popularity. Her Christian Democrat (CDU) Environment Minister… 16/03/2012
Resentment and ridicule as Wulff bows outThere was an emotional farewell for the outgoing, disgraced German president but much of the sentiment was decidedly negative. Christian Wulff quit the… 08/03/2012
Gauck gets Merkel’s backing for presidentThe former East German rights activist, Joachim Gauck is to replace the scandal hit Christian Wulff as Germany’s ceremonial president. Just two days after… 20/02/2012
German presidential quitting roils Merkel’s watersIt is a largely ceremonial position, President of Germany, with moral authority wrapped up in it. Chancellor Angela Merkel vouchsafed that Christian Wulff was… 17/02/2012
German President quits amid home loan scandalGerman President Christian Wulff has announced he will resign from office. The 52-year-old had been under fire for months in a scandal over money, power and… 17/02/2012
German president quits after home loan allegationsGerman President Christian Wulff has resigned from office. The 52-year-old had been under fire for months in a scandal over money, power and political… 17/02/2012
Immunity debate shakes up German politicsThe Wulff affair has rocked the normally staid world of German politics and undermined the image of the presidency. As the scandal gathers momentum the CDU’s… 17/02/2012
Pressure growing on Germany’s presidentGermany’s president is coming under increasing political pressure over his financial dealings along with media criticism that he is being economical with the… 31/01/2012
Spying scandal erupts in GermanyA political scandal is brewing in Germany over revelations that a state security agency has been spying on members of the Die Linke leftist party, which has… 26/01/2012
Germany plans ‘neo-Nazi database’Germany’s cabinet has adopted plans to establish a national database of active neo-Nazis. The move was prompted by the discovery of 10 killings in the… 18/01/2012
‘Shoe’ protesters urge German president to quitIt is a sign of contempt from the Arab world. But it was in Germany, outside the presidential palace, that footwear was flashed to say the man in office… 07/01/2012
