By Joseph Nasr BERLIN, Sep 24 : Conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday acknowledged public misgivings about her handling of a dispute over the future of Germany’s spymaster and said she would pour her energy into issues that matter more for Germans. The protracted row over the future of the head of the BfV intelligence […]
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Merkel coalition slides into “permanent crisis mode” with spy row
By Paul Carrel BERLIN, Sept 19 : A clumsy compromise to end a row over the fate of Germany’s spy chief has exposed a cruel fact: the parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s right-left coalition are loveless partners in a dysfunctional relationship that none of them can afford to quit. The coalition leaders sought on Tuesday […]
German spy chief at odds with Merkel over hounding of migrants in Chemnitz
By Michelle Martin and Paul Carrel BERLIN, Sept 7 : Germany’s domestic spy chief expressed scepticism on Friday that migrants had been hounded in Chemnitz after the fatal stabbing of a German man, undermining Chancellor Angela Merkel who has said images from the eastern city “very clearly” showed hate. Germany has been deeply shaken by […]
German spy chief at odds with Merkel over hounding of migrants in Chemnitz
By Michelle Martin and Paul Carrel BERLIN, Sept 7 : Germany’s domestic spy chief expressed scepticism on Friday that migrants had been hounded in Chemnitz after the fatal stabbing of a German man, undermining Chancellor Angela Merkel who has said images from the eastern city “very clearly” showed hate. Germany has been deeply shaken by […]
German conservatives under fire over right-wing radicalism in Saxony
By Madeline Chambers BERLIN, Aug 23 : Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives faced accusations on Thursday of ignoring the rise of far-right groups in the eastern German state of Saxony after an incident there involving an off-duty police employee at an anti-Islam rally. Saxony’s interior ministry confirmed on Wednesday that the police employee had attended a […]
Merkel’s conservatives under fire over right-wing radicalism in Saxony
By Madeline Chambers BERLIN, Aug 23 : Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives faced accusations on Thursday of ignoring the rise of far-right groups in the eastern German state of Saxony after an incident there involving an off-duty police employee at an anti-Islam rally. Saxony’s interior ministry confirmed late on Wednesday that the police employee had attended […]