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The former foreign minister of Germany, Joschka Fischer, has said that the EU risks failing if it does not respond to the swing to more eurosceptic parties. In a press conference at the launch of his book ‘Should it fail?’

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom – George Osborne used a series of media interviews at the Conservative conference to pledge a free vote in parliament on the EU referendum. This will allow backbench MPs to make their own decision on whether to

Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday announced her bid to replace pro-independence leader Alex Salmond as head of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the regional government. First Minister Salmond announced on Friday after his defeat in last week’s independence referendum that

Germany’s Eurosceptic Party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), has come third in a nationwide poll for the first time, making it the leading opposition party in Germany, the Telegraph has reported. The party is continuing to build on success after taking

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel led a rally against anti-Semitism in Berlin on Sunday, telling several thousand people that Jewish life is part of Germany’s identity and she wants to ensure that Jews feel safe here. Germany’s Jewish community

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Jewish leaders will speak Sunday at a Berlin rally against anti-Semitism after the latest Gaza conflict sparked an upsurge in hate speech against Jews. Under the banner “Stand Up: Jew Hatred – Never Again!” political

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s biggest far-right party, which once fueled fears of a neo-Nazi surge, is now in the doldrums. While some other European countries are seeing a rise in the far right, National Democratic Party was last week booted

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived Saturday in Kiev for crucial talks with Ukraine’s pro-Western leadership on how to end the bloodshed in the east of the country. Merkel is meeting President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and several mayors

The majority of Germans do not think that Islam is a true part of German society, according to a poll by Forsa for Stern magazine. A total of 52 percent said disagreed with former President Christian Wulff’s statement that “Islam

In a video taken at a Pro-Islamist and anti-Israel rally Thursday, scores of protests were heard chanting in German, “Jew, Jew, cowardly pig, come on out and fight on your own” (“Jude, Jude, feiges Schwein, komm heraus und kampf allein”).

BERLIN (Reuters) – Spying on allies is a waste of energy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday when asked about two suspected U.S. spy cases that have come to light in the last few days and caused anger in

(AFP) The United States tried to cool Monday a new spy row with Germany after Chancellor Angela Merkel warned reports an alleged German double agent helped the CIA could again damage trust between the allies. Revelations that a 31-year-old German

A Germany neo-Nazi today took a seat on the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, outraging the parliament’s German Socialist president Martin Schulz, who said: “There is no place for racists and anti-Semites in this

Four police officers and two drugs-sniffer dogs, accompanied by a state prosecutor, yesterday searched the Berlin apartment of a leading Social Democrat politician suspected of buying hard drugs. This is the second police investigation of a leading Social Democrat spokesman

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she is ready for tough sanctions against Russia, which would include gas and energy sectors. This is a major jump for her since Germany receives 36% of its natural gas from Russia’s state company Gazprom.

Some call them renegade academics, others call them euro contrarians, Chancellor Angela Merkel calls them a headache. The new Alternative für Deutschland party (AfD) is upsetting German political dogma, and EU politics. The party is led by a small band

David Cameron’s over-confidence in his own powers of persuasion appear to have made veteran Brussels insider Jean-Claude Juncker the near-certain choice as next president of the European Commission. EU leaders whom Cameron thought he could persuade to join him in an

After that meeting in Sweden, it looks like David Cameron can’t even win a battle in a phoney war. It turns out the prime minister didn’t even raise the issue of Jean-Claude Juncker at a meeting of the leaders of

In a move that raises doubts whether some feminists understand their target, a bare-breasted female protestor attacked a statue of Vladimir Putin at a wax museum in Paris on Thursday, stabbing its face and straddling the flattened figure of the

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has approached French President François Hollande privately to ask if he would be willing to put forward Christine Lagarde, the former French cabinet minister who is now head of the IMF, as president of the European

Tony Blair may now be looking for a top unelected position among the lushly-paid euro-elite. The former prime minister, who is said to be worth £70m from the business interests he has taken on since leaving Number 10, “offered his

Prime Minister David Cameron reportedly warned that Britain could leave the European Union if Jean-Claude Juncker becomes next president of the European Commission. Cameron is said to have issued the warning to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is backing Mr

On Tuesday night at a European Council meeting in Brussels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was not keen on the idea of Jean-Claude Juncker, former prime minister of Luxembourg and leading eurofanatic, becoming the next president of the European Commission. This

Anybody who actually follows Italian politics can only watch that Jeremy Paxman interview with Silvio Berlusconi and shout at the screen: “Wrong unf**kable question, Paxo!” And not because of the gimmick Paxman used to make sure this performance – if

Gerard Schroeder, the former German chancellor whose Social Democrat party is now in coalition with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, has been pictured embracing Vladimir Putin after a party in St Petersburg. The embrace, which has attracted widespread criticism in Germany,

(AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Ukraine was now on the verge of civil war after the Kiev government sent in the army against separatists in the east of the country, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

Jewish News One: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is distancing herself from comments made by her finance minister, who suggested that Russia’s moves against Ukraine were reminiscent of Adolf Hitler’s aggression in 1938 that led to the annexation of German-speaking regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin informed German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday about the partial withdrawal of troops he ordered from a region on the border with Ukraine, her office said. dlc/jmm

British and American intelligence have been monitoring traffic over satellite links owned by German companies, and have been targeting Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The documents, seen by German newspaper Der Spiegel, reveal that British

This weekend David Cameron indulged Eurosceptics with a seven-point plan to renegotiate Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU). It is a modest list tailored to appear “achievable”, but is essentially aspirational. The EU is far too rigid to be so easily

German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone as Crimea votes in a referendum to remain with Ukraine or join Russia. Merkel is one of many Western leaders who have said the referendum is illegal

EuroNews: German Chancelor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron attended the annual CeBIT techfest in Hanover, Germany which is pushing data protection and privacy as its big theme this year. The vast CeBIT show boasts 26 exhibit halls

Much divides President Obama and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the moment. But both are seen as disconnected from reality. And that’s not a good thing in the midst of the potentially explosive crisis involving the Ukraine. German Chancellor

A group of experts appointed by the German Bundestag (parliament) has slammed the country’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), saying it is neither cost effective nor has any measurable impact on innovation. The Expert Commission on Research and Innovation gives