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...On Monday, vice-chancellor Robert Habeck, of the Green party, warned that a €200bn fund set up to shield consumers and businesses from rising energy costs could also be ruled unconstitutional....
...The Green vice-chancellor, Robert Habeck, said Söder’s decision was “unfortunately not a good one”....
...“This decision undermines the federal government’s entire financial and budget planning,” said CDU leader Friedrich Merz....
...Cronyism, boiler bans, botched gas levies — after a whirlwind rise through the ranks of German politics, Robert Habeck is now suffering one of its most precipitous falls....
...Friedrich Merz, leader of the opposition Christian Democrats, spoke of a “lack of leadership and chaos in the [Social Democrat]-led government”....
...But CDU leader Friedrich Merz accused the government of “madness” over its decision to idle the country’s three remaining nuclear power stations from the end of this year....
...Merkel’s successor as leader of the Christian Democrats, Friedrich Merz, ex-BlackRock, would no doubt like to take the party in a more market-oriented direction....
...said Robert Vehrkamp, a political scientist at the Bertelsmann Foundation think-tank. Some slight differences came through in the leadership debate....
...“In 2017 the SPD bubble expanded and burst within the space of a few months,” said Robert Vehrkamp, a political scientist at the Bertelsmann Foundation, a think-tank....
...Ms Merz has vowed to examine all options for steel before making a final decision....
...Their youngish leaders Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock are centrist and polished. But the Green base remains in a state of yeasty ferment — a source of unpredictability in any coalition....
...They opened their first art space in 1957, exhibiting Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg....
...Fast-forward to the present and DD’s Kaye Wiggins and Robert Smith have unearthed some new details in this just published piece....
...But the gloss of their two youngish leaders, Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock, has dimmed. The SPD hopes to exploit these vulnerabilities....
...The price far surpasses the figure of between €13bn and €14bn that its interim boss Martina Merz expected at an earlier stage....
...It a drew clutch of German political heavyweights, including Robert Habeck, co-leader of the Greens and touted as the party’s possible first chancellor, and Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democrats....
...Martina Merz: third time’s a charm for Thyssenkrupp? Martina Merz has nerves of steel....
...His backers hoped Merz would refashion the CDU along robustly conservative lines. Kramp-Karrenbauer immediately held out an olive branch to Merz’s camp....
...If the decision is voted through in an upcoming board meeting, former Bosch vice-president and current chair of the supervisory board Martina Merz will take the helm for up to one year....
...Meanwhile, Robert Shrimsley is standing up for the sedentary class against Parkrun....
...The writer is Robert Bosch Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution...
...Robert Shrimsley argues that Brexit is teaching Britain a hard lesson about its diminished standing on the world stage....
...An early poll put Mr Merz, a conservative, clearly ahead of Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer, a centrist who is seen as Ms Merkel’s natural heir....
...Works on show (until July 8) include Robert Delaunay’s “Etude pour la Grande Portugaise” (1915, €1.3m) and Andy Warhol’s “Knives” (1981-82, €480,000)....
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