Tag: Angela Merkel

Thousands of demonstrators gather outside the Greek parliament in support of the new government's tough stance with the EU, on February 5, 2015 in Athens, Greece. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

Don’t blame the Germans — blame the euro

Dan Hannan · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

Obama speaks to Merkel, Tsipras on Greece’s debt crisis

Susan Crabtree · July 8, 2015 1:05 pm

Obama, Merkel will ‘make every effort’ to avoid Greek default

Charles Hoskinson · June 28, 2015 10:23 pm

In this file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel checks her mobile phone during a session of the Bundestag on June 29, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. German prosecutors announced Friday they have dropped their year-long investigation of the National Security Agency for allegedly spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, citing a lack of evidence.Â (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Germany drops NSA prosecution

Charles Hoskinson · June 12, 2015 8:07 pm

German chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with U.S. president Barack Obama at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday June 8, 2015 during the G-7 summit. (Michaek Kappeler/Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Did Angela Merkel ‘ma’amsplain’ to a ‘manspreading’ Obama?

Ashe Schow · June 9, 2015 2:27 pm

Police stand beside demonstrators during a protest march in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Saturday, June 6, 2015 against the G-7 summit in nearby Schloss Elmau hotel on June 7/8. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

National Security

Thousands protest trade deal in Germany: ‘G7 go to hell’

Sean Higgins · June 6, 2015 11:05 pm

Group of 7 leaders from right clockwise, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and British Prime Minister David Cameron a G-7 summit at the EU Council building in Brussels on Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo)

G-7 to huddle on Russia sanctions

Nicole Duran · June 5, 2015 4:01 am

Former National Security Agency contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks during a video conference at an award ceremony for the Carl von Ossietzky journalism prize on December 14, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Getty)

NSA spying undermines global efforts to fight terrorism

Charles Hoskinson · May 12, 2015 9:00 am

Germany Uber Alles — Well, Not Alles

Irwin M. Stelzer · April 7, 2015 4:31 pm

The Washington Post report asserted that President Obama was unaware in 2013 that U.S. intelligence services were spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Getty)

Washington Post report swallows Obama’s claim he knew nothing about spying

Eddie Scarry · March 25, 2015 8:33 pm

The Greek electorate put the country on a collision course with Germany that might force Greece out of the euro.

Beware Greeks seeking gifts

Desmond Lachman · March 16, 2015 9:00 am

Left to right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko talk in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday. (AP/ Mykola Lazarenko)

National Security

White House: Ukraine ceasefire a possible step toward peace

Brian Hughes · February 12, 2015 4:58 pm