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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has enraged Brexiteers by labelling Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson, among others, as “extremists,” for their pursuit of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. Hammond, who made the antagonistic remarks in an interview with Sky News shortly before May faced a vote of confidence in her leadership by Tory MPs, received […]
Angela Merkel has said she will not seek re-election as Germany’s chancellor as well as CDU’s party chair. The decision comes after a debacle for her party in the local elections in the federal state of Hesse. On Sunday, Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) received 28 percent of the votes. Although that was more support […]
A new poll shows that some 43 percent of Germans believe that Chancellor Angela Merkel should step down. It comes amid fears that her rift with Bavaria over ‘open-door’ migrant policy may plunge the coalition into crisis. A YouGov poll, which was conducted ahead of Sunday’s emergency EU meeting called by Merkel in an attempt […]
The US, under Donald Trump’s administration, is becoming increasingly unpredictable and “unreliable” to its European partners, the Austrian chancellor noted, joining a chorus of EU members urging for more unity and self-reliance. “The US has become more and more unreliable for us,” Sebastian Kurz told the Financial Times. “The most important thing is that Europe […]
Businessman Lord Alan Sugar tweeted a picture of Corbyn sat in a car next to Hitler. Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell called for Sugar to “delete and disown” the tweet. The row comes during a crisis over anti-semitism within the Labour party. John McDonnell has called on Alan Sugar to “delete and disown” a tweet […]
AP Photo/Molly Riley Rex Tillerson, the departing State Secretary, has emerged as a potential candidate for the next University of Texas System chancellor. Tillerson is reportedly being courted for the top job at the school’s system, which oversees 14 universities and medical institutions. But other sources said no interviews were conducted yet and there were […]
Published time: 23 Dec, 2017 15:06 Local communities should be appropriately paid for taking in refugees to reduce social tensions, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said, adding that Germany is becoming “a land of desire” like the US was in the 19th century. Municipalities that take in refugees should receive incentives for doing so, particularly through […]
Published time: 19 Nov, 2017 15:19 As the Tory party struggles to put out the fires from multiple public gaffes ahead of this week’s budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond has claimed “there are no unemployed people in the UK.” In a discussion on BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Hammond tried to draw comparisons with the […]
A total of 42 parties are taking part in the elections, as well as a number of independent candidates. However, only a few parties are believed to have realistic chances to reach the minimum 5 percent threshold to secure at least one seat. These are the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), led by incumbent Chancellor […]
With Germany heading for federal elections on Sunday, RT looks at the controversies surrounding Martin Schulz, the Social Democrat candidate to challenge Angela Merkel. The leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the former president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz is Angela Markel’s main opponent in her quest to become Chancellor for […]
