Sweden and the Czech Republic have reacted irritated to Russia's speculation on Saturday that the nerve poison novitsjok used in an attack on a former spy in England may come from one of these countries. This is an 'absurd accusation', said the Czech Minister of Defense Karla Slechtova. The Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström called the claim 'unacceptable and unfounded.'
The dust does not want to go down after the appointment of Martin Selmayr as the highest official boss of the European Commission. The German right hand of Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker promoted in record time. But it is not only the dubious way in which, also the fact that there is once again a German in a top position, causes a spill in Brussels.
For the time being, the right-wing populist party Alternative für Deutschland is only hoping to hermetically seal the German external borders. The delegates of the Bundestag voted by a large majority on Friday (544 against 84) the bill for extended border controls.
With friendly politics and shadowy promotions, the European Commission is playing a role for Eurosceptics. The daily EU administration behaves arrogantly and treats EU parliamentarians as children.
The German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel will not get a place in a new government. Gabriel, politician of the Social Democratic SPD, has announced this through social media.
The pressure on the European Commission to clarify the promotion of Chief of Staff Martin Selmayr from President Jean-Claude Juncker to Secretary General of the daily EU administration is increasing. The European Parliament wants to explain in a plenary debate in Strasbourg next week how exactly the appointment has taken place.
The British Ministry of the Interior is considering giving permission for a trial to treat a 6-year-old boy with medicinal cannabis. The authorities refused to give a green light, but now look at 'all options'.
The European Parliament is investigating the promotion of the Chief of Staff of European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker. Martin Selmayr was appointed secretary-general of the daily EU administration last week, according to critics in a shadowy way.
The succession of the highest Dutch official in Brussels, Alexander Italianer, causes great turmoil. The 61-year-old secretary-general of the European Commission announced last week unexpectedly to retire, where committee chairman Jean-Claude Juncker immediately appointed his cabinet chief Martin Selmayr as secretary-general.
The SPD officially starts Tuesday with the members' consultation on the formation of a new coalition with CDU / CSU. The approximately 463,000 party members must have the pieces on this reference date to be able to make an assessment of government participation. The voting notes must be submitted to the party management by no later than 2 March.
\u0026 # x27; Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri \u0026 # x27; was voted best film in London on Sunday evening at the annual awards ceremony by the British Film and Television Academy (Bafta). It was presented this time by actress Joanna Lumley at the Royal Albert Hall.
Packed Bavarian beer halls, heavy stuff and of course trees with bretzels on wooden tables. In addition, a crowd of cheerfully drunken Germans, fat men in Lederhose, blond women in Dirndl, plus a political leader who publicly ridicules the competition. For example, an average Ash Wednesday runs with our eastern neighbors.
SPD leader Martin Schulz stops with immediate effect as party chairman. He said that in Berlin on Tuesday evening.
A king's drama is going on at the two largest German parties. First the left SPD imploded Martin Schulz from the new government, and Chancellor Merkel (CDU) now has to make every effort to secure her succession.
The German SPD man Martin Schulz has decided not to post as a foreign minister. This confirmed the Social Democrat after German media had reported that he had been pressured by party members to ignore the appointment.
With regard to his threatening farewell as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sigmar Gabriel accused SPD leader Martin Schulz of breaking word. 'What is left is really only regret about how disrespectful we are in the SPD and how little a given word still represents', said Gabriel in an interview in the newspapers of the Funke media group.
The appointed SPD chairman Andrea Nahles expects the supporters to agree with the coalition agreement that the Social Democrats have concluded with the Christian Democrats of Chancellor Angela Merkel. It will certainly not go without discussion, but she is firmly convinced that a majority of the more than 460,000 members say 'yes' to the coalition. She spoke that confidence Wednesday night in the ZDF program 'What now, Mrs. Nahles?'
The German Social Democrats are apparently for the first time led by a woman, Andrea Nahles. German media reported that party leader Martin Schulz gave up his position for a ministerial post in the new big coalition with the Christian Democrats led by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The US Department of Defense wants more than $ 10 billion from Congress to buy 77 F-35 fighter aircrafts in the next fiscal year (from 1 October). The device is also known as Joint Strike Fighter.
Negotiations for a new German cabinet between the SPD and the CDU / CSU continue on Monday. The SPD has informed that.
The German Social Democrats try to prevent people joining the party alone to prevent government participation. The SPD summit therefore wants a deadline: people who become members after a certain date can no longer vote on a possible coalition agreement with the Christian Democrats of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
For the murder of another 97 patients, the convicted ex-nurse Niels H. has to justify himself in court in Germany. The prosecutor accuses the 41-year-old H. of 62 patients in a clinic in Delmenhorst and 35 in a clinic in Oldenburg to have killed. Niels H. is already serving a life sentence for six murders.
The negotiations on a coalition in Germany will enter a new round on Monday evening. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), CSU leader Horst Seehofer and SPD leader Martin Schulz will meet in Berlin, as was announced a few hours after SPD delegates had voted in favor of the negotiations.
The German Social Democrats want to continue discussing possible government participation. A majority of SPD delegates voted at a party congress in Bonn to continue the negotiations with the Christian Democrats of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The German Christian Democrats and Social Democrats have not finished the final round of their exploratory talks after nearly a day. They have to decide whether they want to talk further about forming a coalition.
The German Christian Democrats and Social Democrats are expected to complete their exploratory talks in Berlin on Thursday. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) predicted that it will be a 'tough day'. She acknowledged that 'people expect us to find solutions.'
With no less than four prizes, Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri became Sunday night as the big winner at the presentation of the Golden Globes. The film, from Thursday in our country to see, was voted best drama. In addition to leading actress Frances McDormand and supporting actor Sam Rockwell, writer-director Martin McDonagh was also honored, the man who invented it all.
More than three months after the elections, the German cabinet talks are entering a new phase on Sunday. Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with the Social Democratic leader Martin Schulz and with Horst Seehofer from the Bavarian Christian Democrats.
The German parties SPD and CDU / CSU have agreed to enter a new phase for the formation of a government. However, it is still exploratory talks and not formal negotiations. The parties held discussions on Wednesday about the continuation of the discussions.
Oskar Lafontaine, former chairman of the party Die Linke, calls for the formation of a new left-wing people's party in Germany. He says Saturday in the magazine Der Spiegel that Die Linke and a part of the Greens and the Social Democratic SPD should join forces in that new party.
