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...He refused to allow Germany’s Angela Merkel and Greece’s Alexis Tsipras leave the room, even after 14 hours of talks....
...Germany openly opposed such a ban, as did Josep Borrell, the EU’s chief diplomat....
...German chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko for the second time in three days on Wednesday, part of a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at de-escalating...
...Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, also spoke directly to Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s president, as part of efforts to defuse the crisis on the EU’s eastern border....
...Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, spoke about it “very clearly” on a phone call with Putin, Maas said....
...Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to welcome Syrian refugees to Germany will be remembered by many as a noble humanitarian gesture....
...But Borrell got exactly zero concessions from the Kremlin....
...Since the war began the EU has forked out more than €35bn for Russian energy supplies, according to Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief....
...The German chancellor Angela Merkel called the Russian action “unjustified”. Emmanuel Macron, president of France, condemned it “in the strongest terms....
...As Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, put it on Tuesday: “We need to ensure that the political situation created in Afghanistan by the return of the Taliban does not lead to...
...Zelensky in Berlin: Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky met Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday, as well as her potential successor, Armin Laschet....
...What to watch today COP26 continues in Glasgow Germany’s outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel meets with France’s President Emmanuel Macron in Burgundy Notable, Quotable Euro-corruption: Sepp Blatter and...
...That’s why we’ve had fairly weak high representatives appointed since Javier Solana: Cathy Ashton, Federica Mogherini and Josep Borrell....
...“It’s a real blow for all those in Germany and Europe who advocate dialogue with Russia,” said Jürgen Hardt, foreign affairs spokesman of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union....
...Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the anti-Semitism and offered Netanyahu support in a call with him on Monday, according to Steffen Seibert, her press spokesman....
...(FT) Writing in Project Syndicate, European leaders including Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Ursula von der Leyen tout the importance of global co-operation....
...The group accuses the Greens of having become too mainstream as their leader, Annalena Baerbock, seeks to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor....
...Armin Laschet, Germany’s possible successor to Angela Merkel after September’s general election, described it as “Nato’s biggest debacle since its founding”....
...Angela Merkel warned Vladimir Putin not to intervene militarily in Belarus, after the Russian president said he would send a newly created reserve police force there if pro-democracy protests turned violent...
...Coming up today Day two of the Brussels Syria conference will feature Josep Borrell, EU foreign policy chief, and Oliver Varhelyi, commissioner for enlargement policy....
...Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats have been rocked by a mask procurement scandal ahead of two regional votes this weekend....
...German chancellor Angela Merkel said last month that the country was interested in “joint production” of Sputnik V if it was approved by the EMA....
...During the summit, German chancellor Angela Merkel suggested the EU leaders meet via videoconference as regularly as every week to keep a handle on pandemic management....
...Angela Merkel, German chancellor, and Josep Borrell, EU minister for foreign affairs, also called on Russia to investigate....
...Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said Berlin was in touch with both sides, but added it was “urgently necessary” that the Turkish and Greek governments talked to each other directly....
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