Chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed that she will not be running for re-election as party leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel said she still plans on remaining in her post as chancellor, but will step down in 2021 when her current term finishes. She once said that party leadership and chancellorship must […]
Angela Merkel Will Not Run for CDU Party Chair Again…
“Don’t Underestimate The Instability The Passing Of Merkel Will Engender”…
In Win for Trump, Merkel Changes Course on U.S. Gas Imports…
Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered government support to efforts to open up Germany to U.S. gas, a key concession to President Trump as he tries to loosen Russia’s grip on Europe’s largest energy market. Over breakfast this month, the chancellor told a small group of lawmakers her government had decided to co-finance the construction of […]
Merkel Coalition Gets Overdue Spanking in Bavaria – but 5 years Too Late to Save Germany…
In Bavaria’s state elections, German voters sent a powerful message to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been harshly criticized for opening up Germany’s borders to the free flow of migration. But strangely enough the pro-immigrant Green Party took a solid second place. Merkel and her fragile coalition, comprised of the Christian Social Union (CSU), […]
German Catholic Church Reveals Scope of Sexual Abuse…
The scope of sex abuse within Germany’s Catholic Church has been laid out for all to see following a four-year investigation. Head bishop Cardinal Reinhard Marx admitted that the Church has lost public trust. The German Catholic Church was forced to confront decades-worth of sexual abuse allegations with the presentation of a large-scale investigation at […]
Merkel Confronts a Defining Moment as the Global Order Realigns…
Ask Angela Merkel to reflect on her political legacy and she’ll tell you she’s got too much on her plate to worry about it. “I’m totally busy,” Merkel said on RTL television when quizzed on life after politics in an interview aired Thursday. “I haven’t thought about that question.” After nearly 13 years in office, […]
What Do Church Abuse Policies Mean by ‘Vulnerable Adult’?…
Leaked Sex Abuse Report Rocks German Church, 3,677 Victims…
Two German major media outlets – Der Spiegel and Die Zeit – leaked today the findings of a sexual abuse commission funded by the German Bishops’ Conference and which Cardinal Reinhard Marx had planned to present to the public on 25 September. The report shows that many abusing priests were simply transferred to other parishes […]
More Than Half of the German Abuse Victims by Catholic Priests Were Under the Age of 13…
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