With the help of the CIA, German investigators foiled what would likely have been the most devastating terror attack of its kind in the country’s history. The plans of a fanatical group of Islamists trained in Pakistan reveal just how great a risk Europe faces. It was early June at the G-8 summit in the…
By Anna Reimann in Berlin As German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted on Thursday, this year’s integration summit, overshadowed by ultimatums and boycotts, didn’t go quite the way she had expected. Despite its disappointing outcome, Merkel presented a mammoth concept for improving the integration of foreigners, a plan she hopes will finally bring progress to the…
Four groups representing Germany’s Turkish population have refused to take part in Angela Merkel’s integration summit being held Thursday. German commentators are divided over whether the groups have a point or whether they are just proving that Turks in Germany don’t want to integrate. Four major organizations representing the Turkish community in Germany have boycotted…
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday called Germany’s new integration plan for immigrants “a milestone” and rejected criticism from ethnic Turkish groups who boycotted a key summit on the issue. Merkel was speaking at a press conference following a meeting with ethnic leaders in Berlin to announce government assistance to minorities which are widely seen as…
Trotz der Einigung in der gro_en Koalition bleibt das Antidiskriminierungsgesetz ein Zankapfel zwischen Union und SPD. Einige unionsregierte Bundesl_nder kritisieren die Pl_ne der Regierung f_r das “Gleichbehandlungsgesetz” so massiv, da_ SPD-Generalsekret_r Hubertus Heil ein Machtwort von Kanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) verlangt. Der Geltungsbereich des Zivilrechts geht nun _ber die Vorgaben von Br_ssel hinaus – so…
