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 Portuguese teddy bear makers are set to appeal directly to Chancellor Angela Merkel to save their German-owned factory as she visits their crisis-stricken country on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20121112/46119 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:28:00 +0100 46119 Germany said on Wednesday that it remained confident the EU reform treaty would be passed despite political turmoil in the Czech Republic, which currently holds the European Union’s rotating presidency. https://www.thelocal.de/20090325/18239 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:12:00 +0100 18239 German ministers clashed Tuesday with opponents of the EU's proposed Lisbon Treaty in a two-day court battle that could potentially see the landmark reforms stopped in their tracks. https://www.thelocal.de/20090210/17339 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:12:00 +0100 17339 The upper house of the German parliament approved the European Union's Treaty of Lisbon on Friday in a vote that exposed fault lines within Berlin's local government. https://www.thelocal.de/20080523/12043 Fri, 23 May 2008 12:37:00 +0200 12043