Angela Merkel has said that decisions she made while in office, as well as her departure last year, may have influenced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch Russia’s military operation in Ukraine in February. While ultimately blaming him for the decision to attack, she cautioned that the West “must …
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During the Labour Party’s annual conference on Saturday, Rayner sparked controversy after she reportedly referred to Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party ministers as “a bunch of scum.” After days of backlash, Rayner offered on Monday to apologise for the comment, though with one condition: that Johnson also say sorry …
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Polling stations opened across Germany on Sunday morning, with just over 60 million people eligible to vote. The Bundestag officially has 598 seats, and all of them are being contested on this occasion. The actual number of seats may vary, however, due to the country’s complicated parliamentary system, which also …
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In a poll of 5,007 people conducted by Civey for the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper between September 22 and 24, respondents were asked if they would miss Merkel after her chancellorship ended. The majority (52%) said they would not miss the veteran politician, who has continuously governed Germany since 2005. Just …
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Hermann-Spielwaren, located in the Bavarian city of Coburg, revealed the 40-centimeter tall toy bearing a certain resemblance to the chancellor. © hermann.de The teddy bear is sporting a hairstyle similar to Frau Merkel, while the paws can be folded to replicate the legendary hand gesture known as the ‘Merkel rhombus’. …
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Voters in the states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate went to the polls on Sunday, and by the time exit polls were published that evening, it was clear that they had given Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) a drubbing. The CDU could once count on support from Baden-Wuerttemberg, an industrial state …
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As the coronavirus pandemic took hold in Germany, a company owned by Löbel brokered deals between a Chinese face-mask manufacturer and healthcare companies in the cities of Heidelberg and Mannheim. The contracts netted the 34-year-old MP a cool €250,000 ($298,000), Der Spiegel reported on Friday. Löbel, who initially defended his …
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My path has crossed with some amazing people in 2019 and 2020 as I came forward about Joe Biden. As the media and social media were weaponized against me by Joe Biden’s campaign, one of the people who continued to vocally support me publicly and on social media was Angela …
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The publication reported that Merkel called to see Navalny after he woke up from a coma – an overture from the leader that it called an “unusual gesture.” It had previously been made known that the opposition figure and Moscow protests leader was to be considered a “guest of the Chancellor” …
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Karl Lagerfeld has depicted Angela Merkel in a Hitler society. For the monthly application of the German political daily the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Karl Lagerfeld didn’t just make a comment, and drew a very unusual caricature of Angela Merkel. Creative Director of fashion house Chanel portrayed as Merkel shuts his …
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