Topic: Angela Merkel

Merkel takes tough line on integration to party cheers

MAINZ, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel told conservative party members on Saturday that immigrants needed to do more to integrate into German society, including learning the language and obeying "every single" law.Merkel, whose popularity has plunged since she won re-election a ...

Merkel support sinks, poll points to centre-left majority

BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right coalition has sunk to its lowest level in 24 years and the center-left opposition would win if German held elections now, according to two polls out on Wednesday.Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and ...

After election win, Merkel may face new U.S. demands

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to face pressure to offer more help to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan when she meets U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next week.Merkel, who began a second term this week as leader ...
German chancellor to meet Obama, address US CongressGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet President Barack Obama and address the U.S. Congress on Tuesday before ceremonies in Berlin marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.Merkel's spokesman Christoph Steegmans said ...

Obama to meet Merkel on November 3

President Barack Obama will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on November 3, during her US trip which also includes an address to a joint session of Congress, the White House said Thursday.The visit, which had been previously announced in Germany, will mark ...
German chancellor to address both houses of US Congress on Nov. 3German Chancellor Angela Merkel will address the U.S. Congress in early November, ahead of ceremonies in Berlin marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.Merkel's spokesman Thomas Steg ...
The story of the potential Obama speech at Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate just gets stranger by the minute.Here's the latest: Reuters is now reporting that the German government adamantly denys that the Bush administration put any back-channel pressure of any kind on ...
There's been an interesting twist in the ongoing behind-the-scenes discussions over whether Barack Obama will deliver a speech on July 24th at Berlin's historically-charged Brandenburg Gate.A new report in the German press says that Bush administration officials are unhappy with the idea ...