Angela Merkel

Merkel: G20 to sign ‘similar’ climate deal to previous meet

1:51 pm June 29, 2019

Osaka: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that the G20 would sign a similar deal on climate change to that agreed at the last meeting in Argentina, where the United States was isolated. “We will have a similar text to Argentina. A 19+1 declaration,” Merkel told reporters on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in […]

'Moment of truth' at key UN climate summit

Climate protesters chain themselves to Merkel’s chancellery

9:30 pm June 11, 2019

Berlin: Dozens of German “extinction rebellion” protesters Tuesday chained themselves to the fence of Angela Merkel’s chancellery, demanding she declare a “climate emergency”. The activists sent the keys to unlock them to all 13 government ministries along with letters formulating their demands, including to effectively cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2025. “The current […]

UK foreign minister says EU willing to renegotiate Brexit deal

8:09 pm June 9, 2019

London: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, said Sunday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU was willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal. Hunt, one of nearly a dozen Conservatives vying to succeed May after she resigned as party leader Friday, said he spoke […]

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