The Local Germany 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 Merkel fires back at Trump: Germany makes independent decisions Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said Germany makes "independent decisions", firing back at US President Donald Trump after he accused Berlin of being a "captive" of Russia. https://www.thelocal.de/20180711/germany-is-captive-of-russia-says-trump-at-nato-summit Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:02:50 +0200 germany-is-captive-of-russia-says-trump-at-nato-summit