Ukraine war in spotlight as France, Germany mark 60 years of historic
Issued on: 22/01/2023 – 07:17 Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits Paris on Sunday to celebrate 60 years of postwar Franco-German cooperation, with the historic partnership under...
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Germany to raise defence spending sharply in response to ‘Putin’s aggression’
Issued on: 27/02/2022 – 13:14 Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday Germany would sharply increase its spending on defence to more than 2% of its...
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Macron hosts new chancellor Scholz as France, Germany seek common ground in post-Merkel era
Issued on: 10/12/2021 – 07:25 French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Paris for an inaugural working meeting on Friday, when...
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What to expect from incoming German government
Issued on: 08/12/2021 – 07:34 The centre-left-led alliance that will lead Germany from Wednesday has declared ambitions to make Europe’s biggest economy greener and fairer. ...
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Incoming German government signs coalition agreement
Issued on: 07/12/2021 – 11:48 Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Free Democrats (FDP) signed a coalition deal on Tuesday that sets out how to...
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Germany’s SPD, Greens and FDP plan to install Scholz-led govt by early December
Issued on: 21/10/2021 – 16:02 The three parties working to form Germany’s next coalition government said Thursday they were aiming for Finance Minister Olaf Scholz...
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Three German parties reach preliminary deal to form next govt
Issued on: 15/10/2021 – 14:07 German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz took a step closer to succeeding Angela Merkel as chancellor, as his Social Democrats, the...
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Who to govern Germany? Social Democrats promise change after Merkel Era
Who will govern Germany? After a narrow but inconclusive win in Sunday’s elections, can Olaf Scholz’s centre-left SPD cobble together a three-way coalition? What to make of...
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Centre-left SPD edges out Merkel’s conservative CDU, preliminary results show
Issued on: 27/09/2021 – 15:17 The centre-left Social Democrats led by Olaf Scholz narrowly defeated Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in Sunday’s vote to decide her...
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Germans ‘kept voting for Angela Merkel’ in rejection of political extremes
Exit polls put Germany’s two major parties neck and neck coming out of Sunday’s polls. While the official results have yet to be released, Thomas...