German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit U.S. President Donald Trump on April 27, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday, as differences over a nuclear deal with Iran and trade cast a shadow over the transatlantic relationship. Merkel’s trip, to take place three days after French president Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to the U.S. capital, […]

Germany’s Social Democrats start campaigning Saturday ahead of a party referendum that spells the last threat to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s hopes of forming a new government, five months after inconclusive elections. In a vote expected to be tight, the more than 460,000 members of the deeply divided centre-left SPD will cast their ballots on a […]

Germany’s veteran chancellor Angela Merkel, often called the world’s most powerful woman, will embark on a fourth term with diminished influence and little vision for shaping Europe’s future, analysts say. After wrapping up more than 24 hours of talks Friday between her conservatives and the Social Democrats on forming a new “grand coalition” government, Merkel […]

Strong growth data in Germany came as welcome news Thursday for politicians haggling over spending and unions battling for more pay, although observers warn the good times can’t last forever. Gross domestic product in Europe’s top economy grew by 2.2 percent in 2017, the fastest rate since 2011, according to federal statistics authority Destatis. The […]

After President Donald J. Trump’s election last fall, many experts predicted that 2017 would be a tumultuous year for international cooperation. During his campaign, Trump promised to “make America great again” by renegotiating or renouncing “bad” and “unfair” international agreements, and questioned the value of international institutions. Since January, Trump’s “America First” policies have seen […]

TEHRAN _ While the outcome of the two Christian Democrats and Social Democrats’ negotiations for a major coalition in Berlin is still unclear, the leader of the German Liberal Democratic Party, in controversial statements, has again essentially questioned the presence of Angela Merkel at the top of the country’s governing equations. Liberal Democrat leader Christian […]

Germany should learn from security shortcomings exposed by a deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market a year ago and increase aid to survivors and families of victims, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday. Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker with extremist links, hijacked a truck on Dec. 19, 2016, killed the driver […]

TEHRAN _ Recently, European leaders called on two top German politicians, Merkel and Steinmeier, to formulate a coalition government as soon as possible. The lack of a strong government in Germany has worried the European Union. Social Democrats and Christian Democrats are now entering a new stage in the formation of a coalition government in […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer, and SPD Party leader Martin Schulz agreed during a meeting late on Thursday to enter into talks to find a way out of the recent political impasse in forming a coalition, a party official said on Friday. The leaders of the three parties discussed various options for […]

TEHRAN– A statement released by the spokesperson of Germany’s federal foreign office voices the support of the German government for the Syrian peace talks underway in Geneva and Riyadh. According to the latest statement issued by a federal foreign office spokesperson issued on Tuesday on the latest round of the Syria negotiations in Geneva and […]