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...Additional reporting by David Pilling in London...
...Speaking to reporters on Friday, German chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said: “There is always scope for compromises....
...Additional reporting by David Bond in London, Tobias Buck in Berlin and Asser Khattab in Beirut Twitter: @mikepeeljourno...
...“It is something to be ashamed of when anti-Semitism is so openly displayed on the streets of German cities,” said Steffen Seibert, Angela Merkel’s spokesman....
...Meanwhile, Steffen Seibert, spokesperson for the German chancellor Angela Merkel, stressed that “time is short” and that “the ball is in the UK’s court”....
...Mr Seibert declined to comment on whether it was right to wait until October, the time when the outgoing British prime minister David Cameron has suggested a new prime minister might be in place....
...David Cameron hopes to “kick off” his renegotiation of Britain’s EU membership with a low-key presentation at a Brussels summit dinner on Thursday....
...David Cameron’s refusal to accept a bigger share of refugees fleeing to Europe is coming under fire on the continent and at home, posing an awkward political challenge ahead of a looming EU referendum....
...David Cameron said on Monday that Britain would accept 20,000 Syrian refugees, but politicians at home and abroad criticised the prime minister for going it alone in a crisis that has laid bare political...
...David Cameron embarked on a tour of four European capitals on Thursday, prompting a hardening of rhetoric in London and on the continent as negotiations on Britain’s future in the EU began in earnest....
...Victory in last week’s general election has given David Cameron’s government what it believes is a renewed mandate to renegotiate the UK’s relationship with the EU....
...Asked on Monday about the trip’s purpose, Steffen Seibert, Ms Merkel’s spokesman, added little beyond saying that talks on EU issues were “possible”....
...According to the news magazine Der Spiegel, Ms Merkel fears that David Cameron is leading the UK to the “point of no return”....
...Jeff Seibert, chief executive of Crashlytics and director of the mobile platform at Twitter, said it was about supporting the “explosion of apps” that has occurred in the last few years....
...“This [report] should not be understood as an assault on the freedom of movement, which is one of the fundamental EU rights,” said Steffen Seibert, Ms Merkel’s spokesman....
...“Germany and the UK are, for each other, important partners – not only bilaterally but in Europe,” said Steffen Seibert, Ms Merkel’s spokesman....
...And if I want to know what David Cameron’s thinking, I call David Cameron....
...The government continued to defend robustly the police decision to detain David Miranda, partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, saying it had the right to act if it believed he was carrying stolen...
...Mr Putin made known his objections in a 30-minute phone call on Monday night with David Cameron, Britain’s prime minister....
...Steffen Seibert, a government spokesman, told reporters in Berlin: “We haven’t considered any German military participation and still aren’t doing so.”...
...Then we will decide on the legal basis,” said Steffen Seibert, Ms Merkel’s government spokesman....
...David Cameron, UK prime minister, has signalled to Berlin he is willing to strike a compromise on the next seven-year EU budget amid fears in London that a British veto could leave the taxpayer with an even...
...Steffen Seibert, Ms Merkel’s chief spokesman, said last week that Germany’s preference was for a European Union-wide FTT – although Britain has ruled that out....
...Denmark’s first-ever EU minister, has started things off by insisting his government will try to keep EU decisions among all 27 member states – something that might be tough given the public positions of David...
...Additional reporting by David Oakley in London...
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