Biden mixes up Kohl and Merkel in second gaffe this week
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The Hill ^
| 02/08/2024 | BRETT SAMUELS
President Biden on Wednesday mixed up which German leader he spoke to at a recent Group of Seven (G7) summit, the second time in a week he has mistakenly recounted meeting with a dead European leader. Biden
told donors at a New York fundraiser a story about his trip to his first G7 meeting after taking office, when he declared “America’s back.” “And the president of France looked at me and said, ‘For how long?’ I never thought of it this way,” Biden said. “Then, Helmut Kohl of Germany looked at me and said, ‘What would you say, Mr. President,...
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Putin disappointed by Merkel's words about Minsk agreements
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| Fri, December 9, 2022 at 6:08 AM | Ukrayinska Pravda
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has been disappointed by the statement of German ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel, where she claimed that the Minsk agreements of 2014 enabled Ukraine to prepare for war with Russia. For me, it was completely unexpected. It
is disappointing. I did not expect to hear something like that from the ex-Chancellor. I always hoped that the German leadership was genuine. Yes, she was on Ukraine’s side, supporting it. But nevertheless, I genuinely hoped that German leadership expected a settlement based on the principles achieved, among other things, during the Minsk negotiations." "It appears to me that...
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Merkel Admits Minsk Agreement was to Trick Russia
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Armstrong Economics ^
| 8 Dec22 | Martin Armstrong
Merkel has basically said that the Minsk Agreement was to buy time for Ukraine to build up its army and never was there any intention of allowing the Russians in the Donbas to vote on their own future. Merkel
admitted that they negotiated in bad faith with Putin simply to allow Ukraine time to fortify itself thereby buying time to build its army. She also said that at the time, NATO was weak and could not provide support to Kyiv to the extent they do currently. The Minsk agreements were signed to pretend to resolve the Donbas conflict. The region...
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Merkel: There was nothing I could do about Putin
Former German chancellor defends her policies toward Russia during a magazine interview.
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Politico ^
| NOVEMBER 25, 2022 | WILHELMINE PREUSSEN
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she no longer saw any possibility of influencing Russian President Vladimir Putin toward the end of her term in office. In
an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel, Merkel talked about her final encounters with Putin, saying that throughout her farewell visit to Moscow in August 2021 she felt “in terms of power politics, you’re done,” adding that “for Putin, only power counts.” She cited the fact that Putin brought Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov along to this last visit as another sign of her crumbling power, as previously they met “often in...
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News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 10/7/2022 Newsdump Friday Oil Prices Move Up, Stocks Fall Sharply, Military Drills, Sanctions Related To North Korea, Merkel On Putin "Take The Words Seriously"...
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Nextrush Free ^
| 10/7/2022 | Nextrush/Self
"Some think the war in Ukraine would not have happened if he (Trump) were still in power. I
agree with that" Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaking... In Ukraine tonight reports of attacks on both sides... Changes in command surrounding the Russian military operations in Ukraine... A judge in Ohio granting a preliminary injunction against the six-week abortion law... An Arizona appeals court overturning a lower court decision... The Pentagon signing off on deliveries of F-35 fighters after the discovery of materials made in China... Gasoline prices moving up in the USA... A dramatic rise in the price of oil in...
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Merkel wins UN refugee agency award over welcome of Syrians
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The Associated Press ^
| October 4, 2022 | By JAMEY KEATEN
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday it’s giving its highest award to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her efforts to welcome more than 1 million refugees — mostly from Syria — into Germany, despite some criticism both at home and abroad. Matthew
Saltmarsh, spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said Merkel had been selected as the latest recipient for the Nansen award, which is handed out annually by the Geneva-based U.N. agency. “Under the then-Federal Chancellor Merkel’s leadership, Germany welcomed more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum-seekers in 2015 and 2016, which, as you...
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Dual checkpoint inhibitor blockade shows promise as first-line and salvage therapy for Merkel cell carcinoma patients (Ipilimumab & Nivolumab = 41% cure rate w/o radiation)
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Medical Xpress / H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute / The Lancet ^
| Sept. 12, 2022 | Sungjune Kim et al
Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but aggressive form of skin cancer that has a high rate of metastasis and poor outcomes. The
current standard of care for patients with recurrent, unrespectable or metastatic disease is immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy targeting anti-programmed death receptor 1 (anti-PD-1) and programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1), but only about half of patients respond to this therapy. Fifty patients with unrespectable, recurrent or stage 4 Merkel cell carcinoma were randomly assigned to two treatment groups. One group received ipilimumab, a checkpoint inhibitor targeting cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA4), and nivolumab, an anti-PD-1/ PD-L1 inhibitor....
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Trump Vindicated: Germany Plays Blame Games as Merkel Party Attacked for ‘16 Years of Energy Policy Failure’
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Breitbart ^
| 09/12/2021 | Peter Caddle
Germany’s economy and climate minister has angrily lashed out at Angela Merkel’s party, accusing it of being responsible for “16 years of energy policy failure”. While
the ongoing gas crisis across Europe gets steadily worse, political tensions in Germany appear to be growing, with the country’s economic and climate minister, Robert Habeck, angrily lashing out at his political rivals in the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the party of former chancellor Angela Merkel. Despite having been warned by then-President Donald Trump that relying on Russia for energy was endangering the security of both Germany and her allies, Merkel’s government presided over...
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Putin's 'Peter the Great' moment & Angela Merkel breaks her silence
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Ukraine: The Latest Podcast ^
| Day 107/8
Two foreign fighters for Ukraine captured, sentenced to death.
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Angela Merkel’s Limited Regrets
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Wall Street Journal Opinion Page ^
| June 8, 2022 | Editorial Board - WSJ Opinion Page
Rarely has a foreign policy legacy been discredited as rapidly, and thoroughly, as former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s . In
16 years at the top of the German government, she thought she could moderate Vladimir Putin’s imperial ambitions, and in the process she made Germany and Europe vulnerable to his energy blackmail. But as for regrets, she hasn’t a few. That was clear from her first major public appearance since she left as Chancellor last year. “I don’t blame myself,” Mrs. Merkel told an audience Tuesday at the Berliner Ensemble theater in the German capital. “I have tried to work...
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Angela Merkel breaks silence on Ukraine, calls Russia’s war ‘barbaric’
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CNBC ^
| 02-JUN-2022 | Natasha Turak
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel forcefully condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine in her first public speech since leaving office in December of last year. Premising
her comments by saying that she did not want to give advice from the sidelines, Merkel described Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a “barbaric war of aggression” which constituted a “far-reaching turning point” and the most “glaring breach of international law” in Europe since the Second World War.
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Clouds over Merkel's legacy as Russian invasion lays flaws bare
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France24 ^
| March 12, 2022
Berlin (AFP) – Up to the final hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, former chancellor Angela Merkel had been touted as the person favoured by Germans to try to talk President Vladimir Putin out of the conflict. But
as Russian bombs fell on Ukrainian cities, a shadow has fallen on Merkel's 16 years in office, with some observers now questioning if her detente policies with Putin had in fact left Germany, and Europe, vulnerable. Once hailed as the leader of the free world, the veteran centre-right leader has been accused by some of increasing Europe's reliance on Russian...
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Germany: Merkel's party chooses conservative Merz as leader
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Dayton Daily News ^
| Dec 17, 2021 | Geir Moulson
BERLIN (AP) — Members of Germany's biggest opposition party, the center-right Christian Democratic Union of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, have chosen prominent conservative Friedrich Merz as its new leader, the party said Friday. Merz's election with a strong mandate appears to mark at least a symbolic break with the Merkel era. Making
his third run for the CDU's top post, he took 62.1% support in a ballot of the party's membership to beat two centrist contenders. A party convention next month will have to sign off officially on the membership vote, but that should only be a formality. Armin Laschet,...
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Olaf Scholz Elected Chancellor of Germany, Ending 16 Years of Merkel
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Breitbart ^
| 12/08/2021 | Peter Caddle
The Social Democratic Party’s Olaf Scholz has been elected Chancellor of Germany, marking the end of Angela Merkel’s 16-year reign. Olaf
Scholz, who was elected Chancellor of Germany on Wednesday, will lead a so-called “Traffic Light” coalition of left-wing parties, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, red), the Green Party, and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP, yellow).
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Germany: Angela Merkel's military farewell features punk singer's hit
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BBC News ^
| 12/2/2021 | BBC
A military ceremony has been held in honour of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is due to step down next week after 16 years in office...
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merkel backs compulsary vaccine as germany agrees de facto lockdown for unvaccinated
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Telegraph UK ^
| 12/2/21
Angela Merkel has backed compulsory vaccinations as leaders agreed to bring in a de facto lockdown for the unvaccinated. The
German chancellor said that people who aren't vaccinated will be excluded from nonessential shops, as well as cultural and recreational venues. Speaking after a meeting with federal and state leaders, she said the measures were necessary in light of concerns that hospitals in Germany could become overloaded with people suffering Covid-19 infections. "The situation in our country is serious," Merkel told reporters in Berlin, calling the measure an "act of national solidarity".
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Pope Francis: Angela Merkel ‘Will Go Down in History as One of the Great Leaders’
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breitbart ^
| 23 Oct 2021113 | THOMAS D. WILLIAMS
Pope Francis had high praise for German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday, predicting that she will “go down in history as one of the great leaders.” The
pope said the Merkel administration constitutes “an interesting milestone in world politics and a call to women who feel a political vocation.” Asked about Merkel, who will soon step down as chancellor of Germany after 16 years, the pontiff praised her for her realistic approach to government, asserting she “is not a fanciful woman” because her ideals “become reality.” At the beginning of October, the pope and Merkel held their final meeting for 45...
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Merkel and Pope Discuss Climate Change in Farewell Visit
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Reuters ^
| 10/7/21 | Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday the response to climate change would require a radical change in how people live as she met Pope Francis during a farewell visit to the Vatican and Italy. Francis and other religious leaders made a joint appeal on
Monday for next month's U.N. Climate Change Conference COP26 to offer concrete solutions to save the planet from "an unprecedented ecological crisis". read moreMerkel praised the pope's position. "Humanity's response to climate change will require a radical change in our way of living," she told reporters after the...
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Merkel allies quit German parliament to allow conservatives to rebuild
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Reuters ^
BERLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Two of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's closest political allies and most senior ministers will quit the German parliament to make way for a new generation that can rejuvenate her conservative party after its election defeat, they said.
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German Social Democrats beat conservatives in vote to decide Merkel successor
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Reuters ^
| 26/9/21 | Thomas Escritt and Paul Carrel
BERLIN, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday's national election, projected results showed, and claimed a "clear mandate" to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 years of conservative-led rule under Angela Merkel. The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) were on track for 26.0%
of the vote, ahead of 24.5% for Merkel's CDU/CSU conservative bloc, projections for broadcaster ZDF showed....
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