Michele Tantussi—Getty ImagesGerman Chancellor and Chairwoman of the Christ Democrats Party (CDU) Angela Merkel addresses the media during a press conference following the summit on diesel emissions with Mayors of the most polluted German cities on Nov. 28, 2017 in Berlin. When Donald Trump was elected, Germany’s Angela Merkel didn’t join other world leaders…
A campaign poster in Berlin for Angela Merkel, whose future as chancellor of Germany seemed all but certain after elections in September. CreditHannibal Hanschke/Reuters Germany is mired in a political crisis. Less than two months after what seemed to be an electoral victory, Chancellor Angela Merkel is struggling to form a government and has said that…
Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Orban accepted his ruling Fidesz party’s endorsement on Sunday to lead it into an election next year, saying he needed another four year term in power to make his transformation of the country "irreversible". Orban, who has steered Hungary into confrontation with the EU by campaigning against immigration, asserting control over…
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, buoyed by a huge election win for lawmakers who favor revising Japan's post-war, pacifist constitution, is likely to push towards his long-held goal but will need to convince a divided public to succeed. Parties in favor of amending the U.S.-drafted charter won nearly 80 percent of the seats in Sunday's lower…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday called a snap election as the main opposition Democratic Party threw its support behind a fledgling party led by Tokyo's popular governor, Yuriko Koike, in the Oct. 22 vote. Abe, a conservative who returned to power in 2012, hopes a boost in voter support in recent months will…
Chancellor Merkel appeared to hold her ground in a television debate ahead of German elections, under attack from her SPD rival on refugee policy, ties with Turkey and her handling of U.S. President Trump. Merkel was some 14 points ahead of Martin Schulz in opinion polls before the debate. A survey by Infratest Dimap for…
News Outlets: Germany and the rest of Europe should back the "democratically minded" majority of Turks who do not support President Erdogan, Germany's foreign minister Gabriel said in remarks likely to hurt Berlin's relations with Ankara further. The comments by Gabriel at a campaign event on Monday evening for his SPD represented a hardening of…
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