Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier is hotly tipped to become the country’s next president after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats agreed to back his candidacy.
German officials have opened an investigation into suspicions the Turkish intelligence service has been spying on hundreds of its nationals in Germany.
Germany’s centre-right political parties have agreed to nominate Angela Merkel as their candidate to run for chancellor in the country’s election in September.
Martin Schulz has announced he will not run for a third term as President of the European Parliament.
Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier is hotly tipped to become the country’s next president after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats agreed to back his candidacy.
The German government has denied it has been working on a rescue plan for Deutsche Bank in case it cannot raise the money needed to pay a massive fine from the US Justice Department.
Grilled by German lawmakers, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has been defending its ultra low interest rates and other stimulus measures, which he said were a necessity.
It is a measure that has not been seen since the end of the Cold War. People in Germany are set to be told to stockpile food and water, in case there is an attack or catastrophe in the country.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are to ask that the face veil be banned in schools, universities and while driving a vehicle.