https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Outgoing French President Francois Hollande made an emotional final foreign trip on Monday to Berlin, ahead of the transfer of power to his successor Emmanuel Macron next week. https://www.thelocal.de/20170509/hollande-makes-emotional-final-foreign-stop-in-berlin Tue, 09 May 2017 10:53:32 +0200 hollande-makes-emotional-final-foreign-stop-in-berlin Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bears "sole responsibility" for the US strike on a regime airbase, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said in a joint statement on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170408/merkel-hollande-voice-support-for-us-strike-against-assad-2 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 14:50:11 +0200 merkel-hollande-voice-support-for-us-strike-against-assad-2 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will meet in Berlin on Monday to give a new push to European efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis in 50 years. https://www.thelocal.de/20150824/merkel-hollande-discuss-migrant-crisis-ukraine Mon, 24 Aug 2015 10:07:33 +0200 merkel-hollande-discuss-migrant-crisis-ukraine The French government has called on Germany to invest €50 billion in its own infrastructure over the next three years to jumpstart eurozone growth as France strives to reduce national debt. https://www.thelocal.de/20140526/france-demands-germany-invest-50bn Mon, 26 May 2014 10:38:00 +0200 france-demands-germany-invest-50bn Greenpeace has dumped a truck load of coal and 2,000 litres of "radioactive" water in Paris to demand that Germany and France seek greener energy solutions, before a summit between the two countries on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140219/greenpeace-dumps-tons-of-coal-in-paris-ahead-of-merkel-visit Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:39:00 +0100 greenpeace-dumps-tons-of-coal-in-paris-ahead-of-merkel-visit Germany and France are to strengthen ties by co-operating more on foreign policy and adopting a unified stance in EU negotiations, it emerged following a meeting of the countries' foreign ministers on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140122/germany-and-france-look-to-jumpstart-relations-eu Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:00:00 +0100 germany-and-france-look-to-jumpstart-relations-eu UPDATE: Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday that economic reforms outlined by French President François Hollande on Tuesday were bold. https://www.thelocal.de/20140115/hollande-wants-germany-closer Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:42:00 +0100 hollande-wants-germany-closer Joachim Gauck and his French counterpart Francois Hollande will make a historic visit on Wednesday to a ghost village in west-central France where 642 people were massacred by Nazi soldiers in one of the worst atrocities during World War II. https://www.thelocal.de/20130901/51697 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 17:40:00 +0200 51697 French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed a united front to push for jobs, growth and reforms, including a full-time eurozone chief, as they met Thursday evening for talks in Paris. https://www.thelocal.de/20130530/50029 Thu, 30 May 2013 19:05:00 +0200 50029 French President Francois Hollande, attending the 150th anniversary celebrations of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Leipzig on Thursday, praised the unpopular welfare and labour reforms implemented by former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. https://www.thelocal.de/20130523/49885 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:00 +0200 49885 Germany's Social Democrats marked their 150 anniversary by opening a new chapter in global centre-left politics, founding an alliance of parties in an attempt to replace the ignored and discredited Socialist International. https://www.thelocal.de/20130523/49865 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:35:00 +0200 49865 Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), trailing behind the conservatives in the polls just months ahead of the elections, are looking to relaunch themselves as they celebrate their 150th anniversary later this week. AFP's Celine Le Prioux reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20130522/49847 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:53:00 +0200 49847 It was not the usual setting for high-level diplomacy, but a France-Germany football match at a Paris stadium on Wednesday evening gave Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel the chance to meet privately on the eve of a key EU summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20130207/47819 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:09:00 +0100 47819 German and French leaders will hold talks before an EU summit later Thursday over the bloc's seven-year budget, both capitals said, with Berlin adding it would be "no drama" if no deal was done. https://www.thelocal.de/20121122/46331 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:08:00 +0100 46331 Divisions between Germany and France were set to dominate the European Union summit which opened on Thursday afternoon, with the aim of shoring economic and monetary union in the face of the eurozone crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20121018/45645 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:30:00 +0200 45645 Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Friday his debt-wracked country was not asking for more cash, but needed more "breathing space" to carry out cuts and reforms. He had just met Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20120824/44551 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:51:00 +0200 44551 France and Germany marked 50 years of reconciliation on Sunday, their leaders stressing the ties that unite the two countries and condemning news of the desecration of dozens of German war graves. https://www.thelocal.de/20120709/43633 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:58:00 +0200 43633 Germany's centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) is hoping to capitalize on Europe's recent leftward swing by strengthening its entente cordiale with the triumphant French Socialists, a prominent SPD politician said. https://www.thelocal.de/20120607/43011 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:56:00 +0200 43011 Germany and France crossed swords Wednesday over how to spur growth in the debt-stricken eurozone at an EU summit overshadowed by plunging markets and the euro hitting a near two-year low. https://www.thelocal.de/20120524/42725 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:47:00 +0200 42725 French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed their desire to keep the eurozone together on Tuesday evening in key talks just hours after France's new leader was inaugurated. https://www.thelocal.de/20120516/42561 Wed, 16 May 2012 10:03:00 +0200 42561