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Tuesday 22 September 2020
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned a lack of support for the investigation could force Germany to rethink the German-Russian gas pipeline project.
Alexei Navalny last month became the latest in a long line of Russian defectors to be poisoned in suspicious circumstances.
Member states will have to produce national recovery plans to access the funds.
Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte leads a bloc of countries opposed to the deal.
Experts say the scale of the crisis and a German constitutional court ruling might have something to do with it.
French President Emmanuel Macron said today that Europe’s action at the start of the crisis wasn’t sufficient.
There were encouraging signs in the battle against the virus across the continent over the weekend.
Paderborn’s Luca Kilian, 20, was the first player diagnosed with Covid-19 in the German top-flight.
Germany’s next national elections must take place by autumn next year.
Merkel herself grew up in East Germany and was a scientist working in Berlin on 9 November, 1989.
Bjoern Hoecke previously labelled Berlin’s Holocaust memorial a “monument of shame”.
The tweet featured an image of Merkel and invoked Britain’s wartime victories.
Boris Johnson was speaking as the G7 conference draws to a close.
The three-day summit will conclude later today.
Coveney said the UK backstop alternatives will ‘badly hit’ Ireland and its economy.
Johnson will seek to convince the German Chancellor to renegotiate elements of the Brexit deal.
Tensions are continuing to intensify between Iran and the US.
Talks will resume tomorrow to decide who will get the EU’s top jobs.
EU leaders failed to agree on a successor to Jean-Claude Juncker.
The Irish government has repeatedly stated the withdrawal agreement would not be reopened.
The German Chancellor prefers Manfred Weber, while Macron wants a centre-left pick, or one of two French candidates.
The incident happened at Dortmund Airport yesterday.
Prime Minister Theresa May met with German Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron today.
Ahead of the formal meeting, Merkal and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar participated in a roundtable discussion with people from Northern Ireland and the border area.
Meanwhile, talks between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are continuing in London today.
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Varadkar had a 40-minute phone call with Chancellor Angela Merkel on how to support Theresa May’s efforts to pass her Brexit deal.
Jean-Claude Juncker said there’s “no room whatsoever for the renegotiation” of the Brexit deal.
Kramp-Karrenbauer narrowly defeated Friedrich Merz, a one-time Merkel rival.
Macron became the first French president to address the Bundestag in 18 years today.
The German Chancellor addressed MEPs in Strasbourg on her vision for the future of Europe.
According to an exit poll by public broadcaster ARD, Merkel’s CDU shed around 10 points for a 28% score.
“Everything is solved only when everything is solved,” the German leader said.
Sunday and Monday evenings saw outbreaks of street violence in the German city of Chemnitz.
At least 20 people were injured yesterday during a far-right rally in the Germany city of Chemnitz.
Merkel has put to rest a row with her interior minister Horst Seehofer that had threatened the survival of her coalition government.
Horst Seehofer and his party met yesterday seeking a response to a hard-fought agreement to reduce migration.
Merkel’s party could face a divide with coalition partners over the EU’s migration deals.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made the warning hours before a Brussels summit with other EU leaders.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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