Szens of a coalition, act one: On the government bench of the Bundestag, the face of the Green Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock freezes. It’s March 14th, parliament is debating whether Germany should deliver the Taurus cruise missile to Ukraine, and SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich has just detonated an explosive device at the desk. … Read more
EIt wasn’t a surprise: Neither Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier nor Chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulated Vladimir Putin on his re-election as Russian President. “There will be no letter to Putin,” said presidential office spokeswoman Cerstin Gammelin to the “Tagesspiegel”. In a statement by Steinmeier distributed on Platform Scholz “did not congratulate” Putin. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock … Read more
AForeign Minister Annalena Baerbock addressed her Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov directly at the meeting of the G-20 foreign ministers of the leading economic powers and called for an end to the war in Ukraine. “If you care about human lives, if you care about your own people, Russian children and young people, you must end … Read more
DIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Saturday, despite international warnings, that an Israeli military offensive would also come in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. “Of course only after we allow civilians in the combat zones to move to safe areas,” Netanyahu told reporters in Jerusalem. He emphasized that they would not bow to … Read more
DIn his own words, Russian head of state Vladimir Putin finds another term in office for US President Joe Biden more desirable than a return of Donald Trump to the White House. When asked by a journalist in Moscow on Wednesday which winner Russia would like in the American presidential election on November 5th, Putin … Read more
2023-12-11 16:15:06 Germany and the EU do not agree to a draft resolution at the World Climate Summit. This is “not acceptable,” said Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock. Germany and the European Union reject the draft resolution of the COP28 world climate summit in Dubai. Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced this on Monday on the … Read more
2023-10-16 01:44:33 The Gaza Strip was “running out of water, electricity and other essential supplies,” Guterres said. The UN has stockpiles of food, water, medical supplies and fuel in Egypt, Jordan, the West Bank and Israel that could be sent “within hours.” However, UN personnel must “be able” to bring these supplies safely and without … Read more
2023-09-17 06:48:00 Germany was already asleep when Annalena Baerbock entered a television studio in Washington DC. The fact that the German Foreign Minister gives an interview to domestic media in the USA while on a trip abroad is part of the deal. The fact that the Green politician is going to the right-wing channel Fox … Read more