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Pushed by German Chancellor Merkel of Germany near the end of her tenure, the trade deal may complicate agreement on an effective trans-Atlantic policy toward China.

Even established democracies like the United Kingdom and France grapple with political movements animated by the same kind of angry authoritarian fervour weaponised by Mr Trump, his supporters and their enablers in the security and civil services. The big lesson many are drawing is not to underestimate the danger of the populist right.   “At the beginning we were not taking him so seriously,” said Sylvie Kauffmann, a columnist who writes on international affairs for the French daily Le Mo...

EU leaders reach deal on long-term budget Historic budget In July, at the outset of Germany’s presidency, the bloc’s 27 heads of state and government agreed to the finance package after four days and nights of tense negotiations. The Germany ambassador to the EU, Michael Clauss, recalled in the webinar how the talks came close to breaking down several times. But Chancellor Merkel and Charles Michel — the president of the European Council — succeeded in reaching a consensus that took al...

Germany gets mixed scorecard for EU presidency dw.com 12/30/2020 Bernd Riegert In six months at the helm of the Council of the EU, Germany has overseen the adoption of a new budget, coronavirus fund and climate targets. Yet many issues were left unaddressed, as Bernd Riegert reports from Brussels. © Olivier Matthys/AP Pool/dpa/picture-alliance Germanys turn at the presidency of the Council of the EU was dominated by one topic: the pandemic On December 10, after long and tou...

For them and that hes not turning into a partner suddenly ok what do you think these results mean for u.s. german relations specifically well germany since he got into office german policy makers have of course been trying to build close contacts with his administration which in some regards has been very difficult the close partners like for instance mattis or the defense secretary or others but the other focus that german policymakers have had is congress and now the conditions with the house ...