German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised his government will support the defence industry and called for closer cooperation between producers in Europe as he opened a trade fair on Wednesday. “Today we see more clearly than ever how important it is to have a European and German defence industry that can continuously produce all major types […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised his government will support the defence industry and called for closer cooperation between producers in Europe as he opened a trade fair on Wednesday. “Today we see more clearly than ever how important it is to have a European and German defence industry that can continuously produce all major types […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sees no danger in his latest change of course in Ukraine policy to allow Kiev to use German-supplied weapons to hit Russian territory. “We are certain that it will not contribute to an escalation, because – as the US president has also described – it is only about being able to […]
Political violence will not be tolerated in Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, as police responded to demonstrations held in the western city of Mannheim after seven people were injured in knife attacks. “Whether it’s violence directed at left-wing, centrist or right-wing democratic politicians, it is always unacceptable and will not be tolerated by […]
Political violence will not be tolerated in Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, following a series of attacks on politicians. “Whether it’s violence directed at left-wing, centrist or right-wing democratic politicians, it is always unacceptable and will not be tolerated by us,” the chancellor said while addressing an economic forum in the eastern German […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed that relations between the two countries are good and not in crisis, as some have said in the past. “We will always agree and we are moving forward,” Macron said at the Franco-German Council of Ministers on Tuesday. Scholz spoke of the cohesion between Berlin […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned in a joint opinion piece for the Financial Times that the European Union had to make dramatic efforts to improve its competitiveness or risk seeing its way of living undermined. Among the reforms needed were further efforts to decarbonize the economy, while […]
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply condemned the racist chanting by young people in front of a pub on the German resort island of Sylt that was captured on video. “Quite clearly, such slogans are disgusting, they are unacceptable,” he said. “There must be no tolerance. And that’s why it’s right that all of our activities […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz offered his condolences to the Iranian government and the families of the nine people who died in a helicopter crash, including president Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. “We have received the news of the helicopter crash and the death of president Raisi. Our condolences go out to the government […]
One of Germany’s best-known climate activists, Luisa Neubauer, criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz amid flooding in Saarland. “And yes, of course as chancellor you can weaken the climate law one day & travel to #flood areas the next with great concern. In the medium term, it’s just a highly fragile strategy in the climate crisis,” Neubauer […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) gesticulating in the Federal Chancellery during the visit of the President of the Republic of Moldova. Fabian Sommer/dpa German Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not expect the new lower tax income estimate to have any serious impact on the deliberations on the next federal budget. “As far as the issue of […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is due to travel to Sweden on Monday to hold talks with the prime ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. The main topics of discussion are expected to be the security situation in Europe, support for Ukraine in its defence against Russia, but also so-called hybrid threats such as […]