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Germany and France are working on closer ties on issues such as education, research and the global economy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. Hours after being sworn in for a second term as chancellor, Merkel was welcomed by French President Nicolas...
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28 Oct 09 16:12 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.de/opinion/20091028-22881.html Chancellor Angela Merkel�s new centre-right coalition of conservative Christian Democrats and pro-business Free Democrats wants to avoid being stigmatised as a callous, neoliberal...
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Over the weekend, the new German government promised 24bn euros ($36bn; £22bn) of income tax cuts. But the finance minister stressed the deficit would have to be dealt with. Balancing finances Chancellor Angela Merkel sealed a coalition deal with the...
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The precise make-up of the new German government will become known in the coming days, following negotiations between Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats and the pro-business Free Democrats. A copy of the parties' new common programme,...
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Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping to form what is commonly known in Germany as a schwarz-gelb (black-yellow) coalition between her conservative Christian Democrats (black) and the liberal Free Democrats (yellow). However, if the recent polls are to be...
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Analysts put the political strength of the first female to lead Europe's most populous nation down to her ability to surmount sexual stereotypes rather than any bonus as a woman. She still stresses her roots in former communist East Germany far more than...
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The motion, agreed to at a party congress a week before the election, said the FDP "wants to form a government" with Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU). It said that the electoral programmes of the other possible partners, the Social Democrats...
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In Germany's fourth ever TV election debate, the pair were due to spar for 90 minutes from 8:30 pm (1830 GMT), being grilled by four prominent journalists on a wide range of topics, including the economic crisis and the war in Afghanistan. And with the...
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We are aware that in the past the death of soldiers has often been used for propaganda, especially in Germany," said President Horst Köhler, alluding to the Nazi past, during a ceremony in Berlin on Tuesday evening. The monument located in the center...
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KABUL: The Taliban Monday called on the international community to shed full light on a NATO air raid that killed dozens of people in Afghanistan, as the fall-out from last week's incident reverberated worldwide. Friday's air raid in northern Kunduz province...
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