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Germany Plans To Take In 1,500 Refugees From Greek Islands
Germany plans to take in 1,500 migrants currently taking shelter on Greek islands, government sources told AFP, in addition to around 150 unaccompanied minors from the burnt-out Moria camp.
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Future Of Merkel Coalition In Doubt As Interior Minister Offers To Resign
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition was facing an uncertain future, as her hardline conservative interior minister Sunday offered his resignation after weeks of battling to change her mind on migrant policy.
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Barack Obama To Meet Angela Merkel In Germany, Top Trade Partner And Ally
President Barack Obama is stressing a message of solidarity on his final visit to Germany - a top trade partner, key President Barack Obama and home to thousands of American troops, as well as a nation critical to solving Europe's migrant crisis and debt woes.
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Austrian Party Head Calls Germany's Angela Merkel 'Dangerous Woman'
The head of Austria's right-wing party on Monday called German Chancellor Angela Merkel "the most dangerous woman in Europe" for her initially liberal migrant policies and warned of possible civil war if the influx of people seeking a better life within the European Union is not stopped.
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Germany's Angela Merkel Says She Has Not Changed Course On Migrant Policy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Saturday that she had not reversed course on her policy on migrants, two weeks after she said she wished she could turn back the clock to better prepare Germany for last year's influx.
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Angela Merkel Says Accepts Share Of Responsibility For Berlin Defeat
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she accepted her share of responsibility for her conservatives' drubbing in a Berlin state vote on Sunday when voters punished the party for her refugee-friendly migrant policy.
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Angela Merkel Aide Optimistic Conservatives Will Overcome Migrant Cap Dispute
Chancellor Angela Merkel's Chief of Staff said on Sunday he was confident Germany's sister conservative parties, whose unity is threatened by a row over migrant policy just a year before a federal election, would soon sort out their differences.
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Angela Merkel Dismisses Link Between Islamic Terror, Refugees After Recent Attacks In Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed suggestions that the influx of refugees over the past year has brought Islamic extremism to Germany. German news agency dpa quotes Merkel as saying that "Islamist terrorism by IS isn't a phenomenon that came to us with the refugees, it's one that we had before too."
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Germany Investigates Sexual Attacks On Women At Music Festival
German prosecutors are investigating claims by 26 women that they were sexually harassed at a music festival in the western city of Darmstadt at the weekend and police have arrested three men with Pakistani backgrounds, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Angela Merkel's Coalition Partner Accuses Her Of About-Turn On Refugees
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partner accused her of doing an about-turn on her refugee policy since she opened Germany's borders to thousands of migrants in September.
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Angela Merkel Warns Of Return To Nationalism Unless European Union Borders Protected
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today urged European leaders to protect the EU's external borders or risk a "return to nationalism".
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Turkey PM Tells Angela Merkel Visa-Free Travel 'Vital' In Migrant Deal
Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials on Saturday that gaining visa-free travel for Turkish citizens was "vital" to the success of a crucial migrant deal.
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Ties Between Germany And Russia Enter New Chill
At an hour-long meeting in Moscow on March 23, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov irritated his German counterpart by raising the case of a German-Russian girl who said she was raped by migrants in Berlin earlier this year.
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Angela Merkel Defends Migrant Stance In Last Push Before 'Super Sunday'
With a passionate defence of her migrant policy, Chancellor Angela Merkel threw herself into one last campaign push on the eve of "Super Sunday" elections in three German states that risk weakening her.
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Angela Merkel Calls For Germany To Get More Involved In World Affairs
Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Wednesday for Germany to play a bigger role in world affairs, resisting domestic pressure for the country to turn in on itself in the face of the migrant crisis.
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Germany Plans To Take In 1,500 Refugees From Greek Islands
Germany plans to take in 1,500 migrants currently taking shelter on Greek islands, government sources told AFP, in addition to around 150 unaccompanied minors from the burnt-out Moria camp.
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Future Of Merkel Coalition In Doubt As Interior Minister Offers To Resign
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition was facing an uncertain future, as her hardline conservative interior minister Sunday offered his resignation after weeks of battling to change her mind on migrant policy.
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Barack Obama To Meet Angela Merkel In Germany, Top Trade Partner And Ally
President Barack Obama is stressing a message of solidarity on his final visit to Germany - a top trade partner, key President Barack Obama and home to thousands of American troops, as well as a nation critical to solving Europe's migrant crisis and debt woes.
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Austrian Party Head Calls Germany's Angela Merkel 'Dangerous Woman'
The head of Austria's right-wing party on Monday called German Chancellor Angela Merkel "the most dangerous woman in Europe" for her initially liberal migrant policies and warned of possible civil war if the influx of people seeking a better life within the European Union is not stopped.
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Germany's Angela Merkel Says She Has Not Changed Course On Migrant Policy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Saturday that she had not reversed course on her policy on migrants, two weeks after she said she wished she could turn back the clock to better prepare Germany for last year's influx.
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Angela Merkel Says Accepts Share Of Responsibility For Berlin Defeat
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she accepted her share of responsibility for her conservatives' drubbing in a Berlin state vote on Sunday when voters punished the party for her refugee-friendly migrant policy.
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Angela Merkel Aide Optimistic Conservatives Will Overcome Migrant Cap Dispute
Chancellor Angela Merkel's Chief of Staff said on Sunday he was confident Germany's sister conservative parties, whose unity is threatened by a row over migrant policy just a year before a federal election, would soon sort out their differences.
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Angela Merkel Dismisses Link Between Islamic Terror, Refugees After Recent Attacks In Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed suggestions that the influx of refugees over the past year has brought Islamic extremism to Germany. German news agency dpa quotes Merkel as saying that "Islamist terrorism by IS isn't a phenomenon that came to us with the refugees, it's one that we had before too."
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Germany Investigates Sexual Attacks On Women At Music Festival
German prosecutors are investigating claims by 26 women that they were sexually harassed at a music festival in the western city of Darmstadt at the weekend and police have arrested three men with Pakistani backgrounds, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Angela Merkel's Coalition Partner Accuses Her Of About-Turn On Refugees
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partner accused her of doing an about-turn on her refugee policy since she opened Germany's borders to thousands of migrants in September.
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Angela Merkel Warns Of Return To Nationalism Unless European Union Borders Protected
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today urged European leaders to protect the EU's external borders or risk a "return to nationalism".
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Turkey PM Tells Angela Merkel Visa-Free Travel 'Vital' In Migrant Deal
Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials on Saturday that gaining visa-free travel for Turkish citizens was "vital" to the success of a crucial migrant deal.
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Ties Between Germany And Russia Enter New Chill
At an hour-long meeting in Moscow on March 23, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov irritated his German counterpart by raising the case of a German-Russian girl who said she was raped by migrants in Berlin earlier this year.
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Angela Merkel Defends Migrant Stance In Last Push Before 'Super Sunday'
With a passionate defence of her migrant policy, Chancellor Angela Merkel threw herself into one last campaign push on the eve of "Super Sunday" elections in three German states that risk weakening her.
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Angela Merkel Calls For Germany To Get More Involved In World Affairs
Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Wednesday for Germany to play a bigger role in world affairs, resisting domestic pressure for the country to turn in on itself in the face of the migrant crisis.
