The French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Russia had refused to hold a ministerial meeting with France, Ukraine and Germany to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine and denied that it had failed to respond to Moscow’s proposals. “It’s wrong,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre said in response to Russian allegations that neither Paris […]
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Germany: Only 0.26% of those vaccinated have coronavirus symptoms
In the coming months, “everyone who is not vaccinated is likely to become infected,” warns Andreas Gassen, president of the Association of Medical Insurance Funds (KBV), and urges citizens to get vaccinated even now. At the same time, according to the Robert Koch Institute, only 0.26% of those vaccinated have end-symptoms of Covid-19. With the […]
Germany: The ‘Wise Men’ of the economy revise the growth estimate for the current year to 2.7%
Growth in Germany will be around 2.7% for the current year, the Committee of Wise Men estimates, revising their previous forecast for growth of 3.1%. According to the financial newspaper Handelsblatt, the reasons for the revision are probably the problems in the deliveries of goods, but also the explosion in energy prices. Growth, however, is […]
Lars Klingbail (SPD), a calm leader
Everything is going well for the German Social Democrats (SPD). They won the parliamentary elections on September 26 and are now negotiating the formation of a coalition government with the Greens and the Liberals (FDP), under the current Vice Chancellor Olaf Soltz. An extraordinary congress of Social Democrats will be convened on December 4 to […]
Germany: Calls on EU to help stem flow from Belarus
Germany today called on the European Union to “take action” to help prevent a mass influx of migrants, as thousands of people have gathered on the Belarus-Poland border. “Poland or Germany cannot tackle the problem alone,” Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told the tabloid Bild newspaper, calling on the EU to form a “common front”. “We […]
Advisers to the German government have downgraded their growth estimate for 2021
The German government’s economic council will cut its 2021 growth forecast for Europe’s largest economy to 2.7% from its March estimate of 3.1% due to supply chain shortages, a source told Reuters. who knows the data. The advisory committee, also known as the “wise men”, is set to formally present its autumn forecast on Wednesday. […]
Seibert: ‘The situation in hospitals is worse, where the vaccination rate is lower’
Government spokesman Stephen Seibert conveyed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s concern about the pandemic and called on everyone to “do what is necessary” to bring it under control. He also noted that “the situation is worse where the vaccination rate is lower” and warned that the more hospitals are burdened, the greater the possibility of postponing scheduled […]
Coronavirus: New measures in Germany, but no lockdown
The positivity index in Germany has exceeded all previous limits. According to the Robert Koch State Epidemiological Institute, an average of 201.1 people per 100,000 inhabitants have been infected with Covid-19 in the last seven days. Within a day, 33 people have died from coronavirus. So far the number of deaths related to the virus […]
Germany: Saskia Esken and Lars Klingbail run for SPD leadership
Incumbent Co-Chair Saskia Esken and Secretary-General Lars Klingbail will be joint candidates for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) at the Congress in December. According to the German News Agency (dpa), the two top SPD executives announced their candidacy earlier today at a meeting of the party’s presidency, which accepted it and forwarded […]
Angela Merkel: Her political account in DW
In an exclusive interview with DW, shortly before leaving active politics, Angela Merkel talks about climate change, her phrase “We will make it”, Soltz and Macron. In a relaxed mood and showing that she has found herself: This is how Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared in the exclusive interview she gave to DW News News Director […]
