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 G7 leaders are meeting in Bavaria to discuss important issues including Russia's war on Ukraine and the food crisis. The event is known for producing memorable pictures. Here's a look at the best images and tweets so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20220628/in-pictures-germany-hosts-g7-summit-with-bavarian-twist Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:40:36 +0200 in-pictures-germany-hosts-g7-summit-with-bavarian-twist US President Donald Trump showered Chancellor Angela Merkel with praise at the G7 Summit - and said he wants to visit Germany soon. https://www.thelocal.de/20190826/i-have-german-in-my-blood-us-president-trump-on-his-plans-to-visit-merkel Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:25:54 +0200 i-have-german-in-my-blood-us-president-trump-on-his-plans-to-visit-merkel US President Donald Trump partly "destroyed" Washington's trusting relationship with Europe by pulling out of a joint communique after the G7 summit, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas tweeted on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180610/trump-destroys-trust-with-g7-tweets-germany Sun, 10 Jun 2018 18:03:37 +0200 trump-destroys-trust-with-g7-tweets-germany The G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war on Saturday as US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected the text of a consensus statement and bitterly insulted the Canadian host. https://www.thelocal.de/20180610/trump-trade-fury-torpedoes-canadas-g7-summit Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:16:35 +0200 trump-trade-fury-torpedoes-canadas-g7-summit The European members of the G7 are agreed that Russia cannot be readmitted into the club until there is an improvement in the crisis in Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180609/no-russia-g7-return-without-ukraine-progress-merkel Sat, 09 Jun 2018 12:27:18 +0200 no-russia-g7-return-without-ukraine-progress-merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she expected "contentious discussions" at a G7 summit this week, given differences with US President Donald Trump on trade, climate and security. https://www.thelocal.de/20180606/merkel-predicts-contentious-g7-summit-with-trump Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:55:29 +0200 merkel-predicts-contentious-g7-summit-with-trump Europe "must take its fate into its own hands" faced with a western alliance divided by Brexit and Donald Trump's presidency, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170528/merkel-warns-us-britain-no-longer-reliable-partners Sun, 28 May 2017 17:18:17 +0200 merkel-warns-us-britain-no-longer-reliable-partners The Local Germany editor Tom Barfield argues that Volkswagen's irresponsible dodging of emissions limits endangers Germany's economic well-being and its most important diplomatic objectives. https://www.thelocal.de/20150922/volkswagens-scandal-threatens-all-of-germany Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:15:15 +0200 volkswagens-scandal-threatens-all-of-germany According to media reports, Chancellor Angela Merkel is drawing up contingency plans in case Greece has to leave the eurozone. https://www.thelocal.de/20150612/merkel-considering-possible-grexit Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:51:25 +0200 merkel-considering-possible-grexit The G7 summit saw Bavaria put out a huge police operation to protect world leaders. But it resulted in a rather unusual operation afterwards - tracking down a police officer in the name of love. https://www.thelocal.de/20150611/manhunt-in-the-name-of-love Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:10:10 +0200 manhunt-in-the-name-of-love It was a summit which seemed to please the left and the right while leaving the liberal centre ground somewhat underwhelmed. The German media reacts to the G7 summit in Elmau. https://www.thelocal.de/20150609/merkels-g7-well-received-by-german-media Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:34:46 +0200 merkels-g7-well-received-by-german-media Leaders of the G7 group of nations agreed on Monday to aim for a maximum two degrees of global warming, hoping to present a united front at December's Paris climate summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20150608/g7-leaders-unite-around-2-degree-warming-goal Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:49:31 +0200 g7-leaders-unite-around-2-degree-warming-goal World leaders at a G7 summit in Germany were on Monday set to present a united front against global security threats ranging from jihadist insurgencies to what US President Barack Obama condemned as "Russian aggression in Ukraine". https://www.thelocal.de/20150608/g7-condems-russian-aggression-in-ukraine Mon, 08 Jun 2015 10:23:55 +0200 g7-condems-russian-aggression-in-ukraine The leaders of Germany and the United States hammered home a tough line on Russia on Sunday at the start of a G7 summit dominated by crises in Ukraine and Greece. https://www.thelocal.de/20150607/g7-summit-opens-with-tough-line-on-ukraine Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:40:36 +0200 g7-summit-opens-with-tough-line-on-ukraine Group of Seven leaders will gather from Sunday in a quintessentially German venue handpicked by Chancellor Angela Merkel, a luxury hotel with a fairytale setting and a tumultuous past. https://www.thelocal.de/20150605/g7s-fairytale-palace-battles-with-nazi-past Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:06:55 +0200 g7s-fairytale-palace-battles-with-nazi-past More than 30,000 people on Thursday kicked off protests against a G7 summit starting at the weekend in the southern German state of Bavaria, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20150605/anti-g7-marchers-take-to-munich-streets Fri, 05 Jun 2015 10:23:20 +0200 anti-g7-marchers-take-to-munich-streets Writing in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) on Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the role of the G7 group of developed nations, saying it must be ‘the engine of a world worth living in.’ https://www.thelocal.de/20150603/merkel-g7-must-be-engine-of-world Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:48:50 +0200 merkel-g7-must-be-engine-of-world American soldiers in Germany have been forbidden from travelling to Munich and Garmisch-Patenkirchen over fears that they might be attacked by anti-G7 protestors. https://www.thelocal.de/20150603/us-soldiers-banned-from-bavaria-g7-zone Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:29:41 +0200 us-soldiers-banned-from-bavaria-g7-zone Ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has criticized the western powers for not inviting Vladimir Putin to the G7 summit taking place in Elmau, Bavaria later this week. https://www.thelocal.de/20150601/schmidt-putin-should-be-at-g7-summit Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:50:53 +0200 schmidt-putin-should-be-at-g7-summit Debt-wracked Greece's battle to hammer out a deal with its creditors dominated a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations in Dresden on Thursday, with officials insisting much work still lay ahead. https://www.thelocal.de/20150528/greece-eclipses-g7-finance-meeting-in-dresden Thu, 28 May 2015 21:50:38 +0200 greece-eclipses-g7-finance-meeting-in-dresden