35 Burst results for "Angela Merkel"
The Dan Bongino Show
Lee Smith: Analysis on Whether the U.S. Bombed Nord Stream Pipeline
"Whoever was telling him this might very well have been an American intelligence source or official We don't know But whether they intended for some of not just that they intended to mislead the American public but they intended to set the intended to signal that it was a fake story So again that's my argument I don't know who did it but certainly seems quite possible The United States could have done it I mean I think I make a convincing argument that in fact Biden was keen to protect Nord stream too And the bigger takeaway I think from my article it's not just about Seymour hersh I'm arguing that Joe Biden green lighted war in Europe by lifting sanctions Remember this is something that Donald Trump had warned about We warned the Germans and this is when the Germans started laughing at him at the UN General Assembly He said you guys don't you know if you don't get off your dependence of Russian oil it's going to be big problems And we saw what the Russians and the Germans were trying to do They were trying to impoverish the rest of Europe It's really dirty And so Biden was apparently totally with that plan The Putin Angela Merkel condominium to impoverish Europe And so he lifted sanctions on Nord stream two and that's what's set everything off So there's a lot going there's a lot going on here But my focus on the her story is this to me is patently untrue because I mean you know it's like I mean it's like the stuff that we would talk about with the dossier all the time
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
What's Happening to German Cities in the Wake of the Energy Crisis?
"The Germans are major smart asses. Now, I catch myself, of course, 'cause I'm making a generalization, but the point I want to make is that the German political class, by the way, no different here than the French political class. As a certain arrogance, both about itself and also about America. By the way, you see a little glimpse of this just a metaphor for it if you will is in the film Casablanca where of course the German officer who's in Casablanca is talks about the American goes, those bungling Americans. And the idea here is that the Americans are naive, they're unsophisticated, though fools, and then of course the French policeman goes well. If you remember the last time the Americans bungled into Berlin at the end of World War I. So the and of course that happened again at the end of World War II. The point being that the Germans are not quite as smart as they think. And yet they're always snickering at America. And of course, when Trump told the Germans, he said in effect of the Angela Merkel team, look, you know, the problem with the Nord stream isn't just that you're making a deal with the Russians, but what comes with the deal is a dependency on Russia. You're not going to be dependent on them at their permission, if you will to get your oil through the Nord stream pipeline. And the Germans were like, it has Trump. Such a fool, you know, all he knows is how to build a building. What does he know about geopolitics or the relations between Europe and Russia? And of course, what's happening now is exactly what Trump predicted. Namely, the Russians are squeezing the Germans. How are they doing it? Well, they basically decided to choke the Nord stream pipeline to send a tiny portion of the oil through the pipeline and the net effect of it is, and now reading from a headline, quote German cities are going dark.
Dennis Prager Podcasts
The Connection Between Germany, and Bad Ideas
"Are working on this. Reading pub hicks book on American education remember I've told you, of course you remember if you're at all a regular listener. I have many understandings of life that I encapsulate in a sentence and a lot of them is Germany is always wrong. Including up to the up to the moment with Angela Merkel. She's retired, but I mean up to the historic moment, not to the day. It's a phenomenon how many bad ideas have come out of Germany. It's phenomenal.
Dennis Prager Podcasts
Only the Foolish Follow Their Hearts
"The Angela Merkel piece in The Wall Street Journal? You know one of my mottos in life that helps me understand life, my Friends. One of them is Germany is always wrong. And I say that with deep affection, not only for individual Germans in my life. At a German young man, live at my home for half a year. I just fell in love with. Wonderful special young man. But Germany as a country is based basically always wrong. And fitting into that motto is The Wall Street Journal editorial. Rarely has a foreign policy legacy been discredited as rapidly and thoroughly, as former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's. Remember I said she was a foolish woman, a long time ago, when she led the way in Europe to having a million people from North Africa come in. From the Middle East, actually, Middle East and North Africa. And my heart goes out to a lot of those people. It is always gone out to these people. But you can't be guided by your heart alone, then you then you become definitionally a fool. You have
The Trish Regan Show
The West Is More United Than Ever Before
"I want to turn to the horror that's happening in the world and how this is actually putting the United States of America and the west in a far better position. Look everybody's been worried about China, right? And I'm not discounting that in any way. But I think what we're seeing right now actually proves that the west will have the upper hand. You have a more united west than ever before. Look at all of these NATO countries coming together Germany, which had been heavily criticized, understandably by the previous administration for not paying quote unquote, it's fair share, which would have been 2% of GDP now going over above and beyond that 2%. One, I think there's a better leader there in charge Angela Merkel of course being out, a better leader and leadership there in Germany, but Europe is realizing this guy is a threat. And they need to be positioned accordingly. Ultimately, how does this wind up? He's going to China right now, Vladimir Putin is going to China looking for assistance, looking for military assistance. Of China's smart, they will go so far away from this. They will stay so far away from this. Why? Because he's not saying he's not settled. And the more this becomes a problem in China gets dragged into it, the more it loses its way economically.
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Germany Puts Russian Gas Pipeline on Hold Amid Ukraine Crisis
"Now, Chancellor Schultz, the new replacement of Merkel, announced that he won't be sighing the final paperwork for Nord stream two. That's not exactly blowing up Nord stream two, but it's better than nothing. And I remember in the 80s, when meets her own, became the socialist president of France in those era, became as strong as Reagan Vis-à-vis brezhnev and his successors. Do you think there's a chance that Schultz understands he really has to be as tough as meet the Ron was? I do. I'm quite encouraged by Chancellor shows. If you look at he's only been in office a couple of months and he's coming in behind a four term Chancellor in Angela Merkel, and he has, in my view, done all the right moves, which is to say he's consistently aligned with NATO. He came to Washington. He and President Biden made strong statement together. And here we see the actual implementation of what the Biden administration has asked for, which is to shut down Nord stream too.
Dennis Prager Podcasts
Why Is Germany so Energy Dependent on Russia?
"Dependent upon the Russia? For its energy. Because of Joe Biden and the left in Germany, an Angela Merkel, a spectacular fool. Spectacular fool. All she did was perpetuate my theory about the last hundred 50 years Germany is always wrong. She shut down nuclear power because she panicked after what happened to the nuclear power plant in the tsunami in Japan with completely unworthy panic if anything it showed that even an old nuclear reactor with its tsunami. The amount of damage to human beings is quite minimal.
Dennis Prager Podcasts
Germany's Inaction Is Why We Have to Take Action
"We have a very real issue and that is the one about Ukraine and I bet half of my listeners don't agree with me. Certainly Tucker Carlson doesn't. I have great respect for him. Even affection. I don't believe that American response is created by engineered by a military industrial complex. The rearrangement of countries by invasion. Is something that the greatest power on earth I don't think can simply look at and go, oh, that's really sad. I don't want us to commit troops. And Germany is making it possible because they have done nothing to undermine the efficacy of the pipeline. Do you realize that Germany is now 40% dependent upon Russia for its energy? Thanks to the idiot, sweet idiot named Angela Merkel.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
From Filibuster to Putin: The Utter Hypocrisy of the Democrats
"I talked yesterday about the hypocrisy of the Democrats who are calling the filibuster racist. Even though, right now, in the past few days, they've been using the filibuster to block a bill in the Senate being pushed by senator Cruz, and this is a bill that has 55 senators behind it, including I believe 6 Democrats. So this is a bill that would impose sanctions on Russia on its Nord stream to pipeline. This is the pipeline, by the way that connects and pumps oil from Russia to Germany and through Germany to other parts of Europe. Now, interestingly, Trump who was supposed to be, you know, from the left point of view, Putin's puppet. Trump did everything he could to block the north stream pipeline, and he did lock it. And Biden, who actually is, in some ways, Putin's puppet, at least of actions are any measure, a Biden is actually enabled the Nord stream to go forward and has enabled Putin to use it as he is as a weapon against Europe and also against the Ukraine. By the way, zelensky, the president of the Ukraine, has been begging America to impose the sanctions exactly the sanctions that Ted Cruz is trying to impose, and the Biden administration is resisting it. So let's talk about what Putin is doing with this pipeline. See, butan is getting ready to menace, so he's already menacing in some ways the Ukraine. And he is mobilizing troops on the Ukraine. Who knows whether Putin will actually take action against the Ukraine he might, but even if he doesn't, he's going to do what he can to bring Ukraine to heal to bring Ukraine to its knees to establish that he has practical domination over the Ukraine, whether or not he deploys troops against it. Now, obviously, for Putin, it's a problem if all the European countries joined the United States in collectively resisting that. And so what is Putin doing? He's using the leverage of oil he's using the leverage of the Nord stream pipeline to say, hey guys, listen, we know that you kind of concerned about human rights, but frankly, aren't you more concerned about your energy prices? Aren't you more concerned about your own economies? Isn't more important for you to have a tank full of gas and no energy problems to worry about cheap energy available through Russian oil than to worry about what's happening to a bunch of Ukrainians whom you don't even know. So Putin is using both the carrots and the sticks of the Nord stream too. Hey, listen, I can always cut off the oil supply and where would you be then? In order to twist the arms of the Europeans. Now Biden says, that's not going to happen. I've had a conversation with Angela Merkel. She assures me blah blah blah, but the simple truth of it is we know and we know this from experience that the French, the Germans, the Europeans, by and large. A very amenable to practical benefits. They're actually a very machiavellian in the way that they think about things. They would be happy to sell out the Ukraine for a barrel of oil or a sufficient number of barrels of oil. And so the point I'm trying to make is that we're not just dealing with democratic hypocrisy here in the filibuster. We're also dealing with Democrats enabling Putin to exercise leverage over Europe and thus to push forward with his plans for the
Dennis Prager Podcasts
Germany: Big on Production, Short on Wisdom
"Right now, among the many, many changes in my life in the last two years and it's startling to me that I've had them. Really thought I understood a lot about life and I did. But even more now, now I want you to know when somebody says something unless it's factually obviously incorrect. But something that the establishment in any field finds heretical, I take the person seriously. This is not what I did in the past. Any subject, especially in the medical field. The corruption of the medical institutions that I have seen in the last year and a half, two years. Has been mind boggling. The medical establishment essentially was wrong in every way. I'll go back a moment to Germany giving people they have a word I don't know the German word energy poverty or energy poor. So you know I have a statement. One of my guidelines in life, Germany is always wrong. I was thinking about this in light of the Germans have almost a monopoly on the greatest music ever written. I mean, it's an astonishing that one group has produced. I mean, think about it. But Beethoven schubert schumann handel. Who did I forget of the great haydn oh my God my own beloved beloved haydn. I mean, who is missing from the German list? Tchaikovsky, and who is a great argument. But it's amazing. And on technology, if I see something as made in Germany, I just buy it. I know it will be superb. But on wisdom, there are no more nuclear reactors in Germany. Because Angela Merkel is afraid of nuclear power. Back in a moment. The Dennis
AP News Radio
End of an era: Germany's Merkel bows out after 16 years
"It's it's the the end end of of an an era era Germany's Germany's Angela Angela Merkel Merkel bows bows out out of of two two sixteen sixteen years years at at the the helm helm Merkel Merkel a a full full the the scientist scientist who who grew grew up up in in communist communist East East Germany Germany is is bowing bowing out out about about a a week week short short of of the the record record for for longevity longevity held held by by her her one one time time mentor mentor Helmut Helmut Kohl Kohl who who reunited reunited Germany Germany during during his his nineteen nineteen eighty eighty two two to to ninety ninety eight eight to to ten ten year year medical medical serve serve the the long long side side four four U. U. S. S. presidents presidents for for French French president president five five British British prime prime ministers ministers and and eighty eighty Talian Talian premieres premieres her her
The Economist: The Intelligence
"angela merkel" Discussed on The Economist: The Intelligence
"Than 20,000 apps aimed at improving mental health. The question is how to measure the quality of the therapies on offer, and how to be sure that all those apps are keeping your most private information private. Mental health apps are a pretty broad category is The Economist's healthcare and consumer correspondent. Some of them are connecting you to real therapists and helping you deal with depression and anxiety and others are helping you through meditation. It can be everything from games to telehealth conduits. And why is the sector of mental health apps booming so much? So we've seen a lot of pandemic induced growth and because mental health support is actually quite expensive and quite difficult to access some people have to wait for months. Then there's been a lot of demand for mental health support but not very many services that are actually filling that gap. And so apps have come in quite handy. And so at a time of increased need, this is kind of a win for all involved. Those who want the help and those who want to provide it. Well, for the most part, yes, but there are a couple downsides. So John Torres, who is a professor at Harvard Medical School, reviewed 650 popular mental health apps and he's described their privacy policies as abysmal. This kind of carelessness obviously comes with consequences. For example, last year in Finland, west armor, which is a big therapist network that was backing up patient notes online was hacked and 30,000 patients had their really intimate notes covering everything from Peter Felix thoughts to extramarital affairs, being shared with the world. So after the hacking, the authorities could involve and for stamos taken to court, they fired for bankruptcy and have now shut down. The lawyers who actually defending the victims were affected by the will tell you that people have lost trust in the Finnish healthcare system. And I think mental health needs to take that into more consideration. But an even bigger concern, though, it is how much these companies are taking care of mental health itself. How are these companies doing on that score? Say the thing is with these apps. They were designed to be used to complement people who are actually getting proper therapy. But a lot of people you can't access therapy and you can't afford it. Are using them instead of conventional therapy. But because they're being marketed as apps, what is emerging as the most popular apps are the ones that are best marketed, not necessarily the ones that are safest or most effective. So for example, you have lots of these apps that are basically marking themselves as clinically validated, but actually that's quite difficult to prove in the area of mental health. Surely there's a role for regulators here, though, if something is clinically validated, making those kinds of promises is the sort of thing that regulators should be keeping an eye on. Well, yeah, that should be, but there isn't much in the U.S., for example, the Food and Drug Administration only considers a lot of these apps wellness apps. So they're regulated with that in mind, which is not very much. Because they're not considered medical software or medical devices. But regulators elsewhere are beginning to look into the issue. So Petra who can Don, for example, was commissioned by the European Commission to lead the development of a new ISA standard, which ranks how apps are doing in terms of user safety, data security, and basically whether they do what they say on the tin. But until these kind of standards are backed up with legislation, it's just a valiant effort. So do you think these concerns and the slip ups with privacy and so on and real questions about efficacy will slow down this industry? I think it's still a bit hard to tell. Mental health tech companies raised nearly $2 billion in equity funding in 2020. And that's a lot of money. We're seeing more late stage deals, more high value mergers. And the industry is definitely maturing, investors are clearly paying attention. But these trust issues are raising questions, and there's evidence that some of the hype around these apps might really be slowing talk spaces and doing very well anymore. They're cofounders in their CEO or left last month. And the company reported $20.8 million in.
The Economist: The Intelligence
"angela merkel" Discussed on The Economist: The Intelligence
"Merkel was given a standing ovation by her colleagues. Shortly after, members voted in her successor Olaf Schultz. Ministers that I heard not on the right. Upset spider skunk gazettes to bundes canceled their bonus republic deutschland gaels. With his inauguration at the presidential palace, he'll officially become the country's first new leader in 16 years. He's got some big shoes to fill. So what can we expect from the Schultz chancellorship? Well, Olaf Schultz in some respects is a classic German politician, serious, sober, not especially exciting, highly competent, very experienced, although in some respects you might say that mister Schultz takes these characteristics to excess. Time not all is The Economist's Berlin bureau chief. In an earlier phase in his career, he acquired the nickname for this very robotic way he had of answering questions that were put to him by the press. And it's a habit that he hasn't entirely shed since then. And how is it that the scholz became the most powerful person in Germany? What's his backstory? Well, so Olaf Schultz is 63 years old. He's one of the most experienced politicians in Germany. He's had a lot of experience at the federal level going back almost 20 years. Also at the state level, he was the mayor of Hamburg and Hamburg is one of the city states in Germany. So that's an important role. He ran that city for most of the 2010s, and in the outgoing coalition Angela Merkel's last coalition, the grand coalition in which his Social Democratic Party has served as the junior partner. He was misses Merkel's vice Chancellor, but more importantly, the finance minister, which is the second most important job in German politics. So he will now hope to put that very wide ranging experience to use in the highest office in the land. And you say he was already the second most important in terms of being finance minister. What lessons can we draw from his time doing that? Well, the last few years have been very interesting for all of Schultz because for the first two years in government, he was extremely sober, cautious, didn't want to acquire a reputation for free spending, which can be politically dangerous in Germany. So he stuck to the so called schwarz and all the black zero, the balance budget policy that he inherited from his conservative predecessor and he disappointed a lot of people who hoped that a social Democrat in charge of Germany's finance ministry might lead to a more expansive fiscal policy, both in Germany, but also in Europe. But that all changed when the pandemic struck. How do you mean? So Olaf scholl's oversaw a huge period of fiscal expansion in Germany. An initial borrowing of €400 billion to fund furlough programs and support to businesses and a whole load of other things, and his argument is always you save when the sun is shining so that when the rainy day comes, you're in a position to spend. And that's exactly what he was able to do. And that led to a very different sort of period for Olaf Schultz. He was also when it came to the EU's response to the pandemic. As finance minister, he was crucial in getting Germany to sign up to a deal first with France and then for the EU as a whole for a massive COVID recovery program. But worth €750 billion. So as finance minister, it really was a game of two halves for Schultz. First austere, competent, solid, fiscally prudent, and then when disaster struck the appropriate fiscal response. And what about beyond finance what sense do we have for his broader vision for Germany? So Olaf Johnson is not, I think what you would call a visionary politician, but he did make some specific pledges on the campaign trail to lift the minimum wage to ensure that the state pension remained stable a few things on social security and so forth. But I think the thing really to watch is on the energy and climate transition. All I've shots has said this is going to be the biggest challenge that Germany has faced in a hundred years. The country has got some very exacting climate targets to meet, had some very specific goals on renewable energy in particular over the next few years. There is no way that Germany is going to meet these targets unless the next government acts very quickly and very decisively on all sorts of things from reforming planning processes to ramping up spending on rolling out renewable energy in a whole host of other things. What about outside Germany on the European on the world stage? Where do you think things are headed? So there is international experience there. But when it comes to issues that go beyond the sort of finance minister portfolio that he's been occupying for the last three and a half years, it's less clear. We don't have very clear ideas about his starts towards Russia. And of course he may have a crisis to deal with very early on in his chancellorship with the possibility of renewed conflagration on the Russia's border with Ukraine. Similarly, many decision makers in Germany have started to think rather differently about the country's relationship with China in recent years. It's not immediately obvious whether ola Schultz goes along with this emerging consensus that Germany needs to take a tougher line towards authoritarian countries like China to forge a stronger common European policy towards China and to work with the Americans on it. You will expect him to play a central role in European decision making every German chance in the will. And at the very least it's going to take all life shorts a while to be able to adopt the sort of role that Merkel did inside the EU. So you're going to see a bit of a decision making vacuum at the heart of Europe, at least for the opening period of all our shorts chancellorship. And mister Schultz may, of course, face some tough decisions as the pandemic continues to play out. What are his stances on things like mandates and lockdowns? So Olaf Schultz a couple of weeks ago came out in favor of obligatory vaccination for adults in Germany. You know the very well that COVID has the potential to derail his government very, very early on if he fails to get a grip on it. But of course, especially with a trajectory of over the next few months, it's very, very uncertain, so it's clear that old folks and other leading members of his government are going to want to act very decisively in the early period of this government to make sure that this doesn't get out of control imposing a vaccine mandate, which of course is potentially a very divisive thing to do, but in their estimation that is the best way to ensure that this government is not immediately derailed by what I supposed to be a 5th wave of COVID in Germany. And what about the leader that he's taking over from? What do we know about misses Merkel's future? Well, misses Michael haven't given very much indication of what she wanted to do after stepping down. But, you know, if you look around the world that look at some other leaders, we generally think that they offer largely some cautionary tales on what not to do. Two of the four French presidents at Angela Merkel outlasted have ended up being convicted of bribery. In Italy, prime ministers just hang around like a bad smell for years on end. They never really leave politics. You have some funny examples in places like the Netherlands and Sweden where you have politicians who go back to driving buses or collecting rubbish and not sure I can necessarily see Angela Merkel modest though she may be taking on those sorts of jobs. I think you're more likely to see her ending up. Perhaps visiting some of the universities around the world that have bestowed honorary degrees on her. Her husband still who's a esteemed research chemist, still has a year of his contract to go to university in Berlin. So I think misses Merkel is probably going to quietly shuffle away from the political world and may quietly shuffle towards the academic world..
The Economist: The Intelligence
"angela merkel" Discussed on The Economist: The Intelligence
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AP News Radio
Deal to make Scholz German chancellor clears final hurdle
"Three three Ponti Ponti deal deal to to form form a a new new German German government government and and the the center center left left leader leader Olaf Olaf Scholz Scholz has has cleared cleared its its final final hurdle hurdle setting setting the the scene scene for for shields shields to to succeed succeed longtime longtime chancellor chancellor Angela Angela Merkel Merkel this this week week Germany's Germany's environmentalist environmentalist greens greens say say their their rank rank and and file file members members approved approved the the agreement agreement reached reached last last month month with with eighty eighty six six percent percent voting voting for for it it in in a a ballot ballot the the other other two two parties parties Schulz Schulz his his center center left left social social Democrats Democrats under under the the pro pro business business free free Democrats Democrats overwhelmingly overwhelmingly approved approved agreement agreement act act weekend weekend conventions conventions the the coalition coalition aims aims to to modernize modernize Europe's Europe's biggest biggest economy economy step step up up efforts efforts against against climate climate change change and and introduce introduce more more liberal liberal social social policies policies I'm I'm Charles Charles the the last last month month a a three three party party deal deal to to form form a a new new German German government government and and the the center center left left leader leader Olaf Olaf Scholz Scholz has has cleared cleared its its final final hurdle hurdle setting setting the the scene scene for for shields shields to to succeed succeed longtime longtime chancellor chancellor Angela Angela Merkel Merkel this this week week Germany's Germany's
Woman's Hour
"angela merkel" Discussed on Woman's Hour
"The world, Angela Merkel will receive her official farewell as Germany's Chancellor this evening, a position that she has held for the last 16 years. A special ceremony will take place in Berlin this evening where most of the Chancellor's choice of music will be performed by a military banner. Not most, but where three pieces of music will be performed by a military band. Now more than a few eyebrows have been raised after the Chancellor picked a track by Nina Hagen and Nina Hagen is also known as the grandmother of punk rock. Right, here goes.
Woman's Hour
"angela merkel" Discussed on Woman's Hour
"I was in the army in the 80s, whether I chair subcommittee to look into really what was going wrong and why I recruitment targets were consistently being missed. What we didn't anticipate was what then came. We had four and a half, 24,200 pieces of evidence submitted about the lived experiences of women in the military with some harrowing stories ranging from rape bullying intimidation and harassment. And all the way down to more minor issues like how women felt undervalued in their role in the military. So we decided to look into that further and of course the MOD have responded today as you've mentioned. And as the only female member of parliament who served in the army, how shocked were you by these findings? I was shocked. I was a little disappointed that since I was in the army in the 80s, things hadn't really progressed. For example, women have been on the front line for many, many years now. And yet their equipment and their clothing that they are issued to do the work of the government to protect our country our design for men and our ill fitting and actually compromise operational effectiveness. So I was shocked at that level that things hadn't progressed. But what really impacted our myself was the issues around rape harassment and bullying and how that was quite endemic within the military today. So we're at a stage where the government has agreed with most of your recommendations and we are going to unpick what their response has been. But how has their response left you feeling? I'm actually quite delighted. They've certainly shown a commitment. They've acknowledged there is a problem. That is a big step for the military the MOD to make. They've acknowledged a problem. And they have made some serious commitments to the future of women in the military. They have certainly said a target of increasing recruitment to 30% by 2030. And this is all ringing good bells for me, mainly because we really need to show our service women that they are valued. And I think the response we've had this morning from the Secretary of State for defense Ben Wallace, it's quite a thorough response, and it certainly shows an ongoing commitment to our service women and veterans. Now, I said that the government agreed with most of your recommendations, a key recommendation that they haven't agreed with, though, is that allegations of rape and sexual assault should be heard in a civilian court. They say allegations like that should still be heard in a military court as that left you disappointed. Yes, I think disappointed is probably a good word. You know, murder manslaughter serious sexual assault and rape will continue to be heard primarily in the military court. However, on Monday, the armed forces bill will look at what they call concurrent jurisdiction, which gives scope for the service and public prosecutors to overrule this rule. So cases can in certain circumstances be heard in a civilian court. But this is something I'm going to watch very closely with interest and the defense select committee will be reviewing progress on these recommendations as we go forward. That's encouraging to hear and according to this report, the defense secretary Ben Wallace wants to see women as part of that court martial process. Does that make things any better? Yes, Ben Wallace has gone a one step further and has added extra recommendations..
Woman's Hour
"angela merkel" Discussed on Woman's Hour
"And she said to you in 1998, I would like at some point to find the right moment to exit politics. I don't want to be a half dead wreck. Now she has been through an enormous amount and not without her controversies, politically. I know that's what this interview we're not talking about that in this interview. But she is about to step down. And I wonder how much she has changed. And if she's achieved her ambition not to be a half dead wreck. I think, you know, she is very smart. And she is the first one in Germany. I don't know in England, but at least in Germany who really stepped back by her free will. And mainly, people don't give up the power. Power is so seductive. And so, yeah, like, I would say like your dependent and power. And so it's her. I think that very special of Angela Merkel that she did it the first time. And so she has a Second Life, you know, no. And everybody is now curious about what she will do, but she doesn't talk about it. Are you going to are you going to keep photographing her? I still got a date in her diary? I would like to do it. But you know, normally when Angela Merkel said, no, it's finished, then it's finished. You know, it's not half have okay. Well, it's quite a striking book, indeed. Thank you very much for talking to us today. The book is called Angela Merkel portraits 1991 to 2021 with her Linda cobra as the photographer and the interviewer during those years with Angela Merkel. And you, as I say, so many great messages coming in about how your job has changed you. If I can not come back to a few more of those, but keeping with the theme of work, women who continue to work from home risk damaging their careers now staff are returning to the office. Excuse me, that's the start warning from top Bank of England official Catherine man that came out at the end of last week. She was talking to women in finance. She said not returning to the office will result in two track career development, but how true is that for all women within finance and beyond beyond the resolution foundation's research director Lindsey judge joins me now also Emma's Stuart cofounder and development director at timewise, a flexible working consultancy. In fact, actually, if I start with you, Emma, what did you make of that when you saw those remarks because of course so much of what you do is about flex, having that in your work?.
Woman's Hour
"angela merkel" Discussed on Woman's Hour
"Provide subtitles. So that way all deaf women are fully inclusive and can take part. There are a lot of classes out there, you know, adult education, not fully accessible, but all deaf women. So they need to be more. So, for example, I don't like to think a new midnight can be more like this that especially adapted for death people never mind death women. Theresa Alden. Thank you very much for joining us. And thank you to you, Camilla, Arnold. A couple of messages just came in. Service says, I just love watching rose. She's a great dancer and has a lovely personality she's totally comfortable in her own skin. And that's something many of us can learn from me included. The silence just now hearing it again that clip had me in tears having seen roses performance on strictly. She's a wonderfully vibrant young woman. So a lot of appeal and joy are coming in from you who have watched it or maybe just hearing about this for the first time. Far beyond the deaf community, but also very interesting for us to hear how within the deaf community this is having an impact. So thank you so much for my guests contributions there. Now, I have been talking to you throughout the program about how your work has changed you for good or for worse or perhaps a little bit not how you expected there's all sorts of messages coming in and for instance one who's saying one incident at work completely changed my life as a teacher I intended safeguard training. One year the train at all just about emotional abuse. I sat listening in shock. I realized my marriage had so many of these things in it. And as a consequence, 6 years of therapy discussed my marriage with my husband, who didn't realize the implications of his behavior. We've had couples counseling and we've turned our marriage around on an incredible story about something to do with work. Within a year of chairing a charity, positively promoting and supporting people on the autistic spectrum, I was diagnosed with ASD. It was a life-changing emotional roller coaster. My goodness. Well, the reason we were having this discussion is because of somebody who has been charting a very famous woman indeed for many years and seeing how her work has changed her. Angela Merkel stepping down as German Chancellor after 16 years in power, bringing to an end, a political career that has spanned more than three decades. But back in 1991 when Angela was minister for women and youth, long before she became Chancellor, the photographer herlinda cobol, Colby excuse me, began for photographing her every year in a project called traces of power..
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"Bill that could total as much as three and a half $1 trillion Kelsey Snell and PR news Washington Germany's Social Democratic Party has narrowly won the country's national election defeating Chancellor Angela Merkel's center right party and Pierre's rob schmitz says the results will likely lead long political negotiations The narrow outcome means the left center's social Democrats with just 25.7% of the vote will likely need to team up with two other parties to form a government The Green Party and the libertarian free Democrats If it fails to get these parties on board the party that plays second could wind up leading the country it could take weeks if not months of negotiating to form a coalition NPR's rob schmitz reporting Today's the day the New York State's vaccine mandate goes into effect for some healthcare workers workers at hospitals and nursing homes must have at least one dose of a COVID-19 inoculation by today New York governor cat the hoe will has released a list of options to cover staffing shortages that includes deploying some members of the National Guard Arizona governor Doug ducey is offering parents who do not want their children to follow school mask mandates a $7000 voucher This is to send their children to other schools from member station KJ zz and Phoenix Ben Giles prepared this report Governor ducey used federal COVID relief funds to expand Arizona's state funded school voucher program But critics say doocy is misusing the federal dollars meant to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by incentivizing parents to avoid CDC recommended health guidelines Chris cotterman is the head of government relations for the Arizona school boards association Here we have what I perceive to be the governor advancing a political agenda and using public health mitigation measures to do it And I find it to be highly objectionable To put it mildly Applications for roughly 2800 students in Arizona have been started or completed For NPR news I'm Ben Giles in Phoenix You're listening to NPR news from Washington You are listening to WNYC in New York at 7 O four a good Monday morning of Michael hill clear in 62 with the sun rising out there sunny and near 80 today Delays up to 35 minutes on the George Washington bridge inbound after crash from across expressway this morning A COVID vaccine requirement for all healthcare workers in the state of New York starts today that includes those who work in hospitals nursing homes and New York City's vast public hospital system Healthcare workers who don't get at least a first COVID shot by today could lose their jobs but is up to individual employers to make that decision Governor Kathy hulk has said she declare a state of emergency if hospitals of nursing homes become short staffed She is considering bringing out of state healthcare professionals to New York and enlisting recent graduates and retired workers to practice medicine She is also planning to deploy.
AP News Radio
Germany embarks on tricky search for post-Merkel government
"Germany is embarking on a potentially lengthy search for its next government off to the center left social Democrats narrowly beat outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel's center right bloc leaders of the parties in the newly elected parliament the meeting to digest the result the soul Merkel's union bloc slumped to its worst ever result in a national election what is clear however is that this vote failed to set a clear direction for yours biggest economy under a new leader however the social Democrats left Schultz says voters have spoken very clearly by strengthening the three parties his the greens and the free Democrats shields adds this is the visible mandate the citizens of Germany have given these three parties he says should lead the next government I'm Charles Taylor this month
THE NEWS with Anthony Davis
Social Democrats narrowly beat Angela Merkel's alliance in historic German election
"Social democrat. Party in germany narrowly won. Sunday's national election projected results showed and claimed a clear mandate to lead a government for the first time since two thousand five and to end sixteen years of conservative-led rule under angela. Merckel the left. Social democrats were untracked for twenty six percent of the vote ahead of twenty four and a half percent for merckel cd. Ucs you conservative bloc but both groups believed they could lead the next government with need major block. Commanding majority in both reluctance repeats their awkward grand coalition of the past. Four years. Most likely outcome is a three way. Alliance led by either the social democrats or merkel's conservatives agreeing new coalition could take months and will likely involve the smaller greens and liberal free democrats. We are ahead in all the surveys. Now the social democrats chancellor candidate olaf scholz said in a round table discussion with other candidates after the vote. The spd's rise heralds a swing left for germany and marks a remarkable comeback for the party which has recovered some ten points in support in just three months to improve on its twenty and a half percent results in the 2017. National election schultz his conservative rival on in lash. It signaled his blog was not ready yet to concede though his supporters was subdued. It hasn't always been the first place party that provided the chancellor lash told the roundtable i want to government where every partner is involved where everyone is visible not one where only the chancellor gets to shine. He said in an early attempts to woo. Smaller parties attention will now shifts to informal discussions followed by more formal coalition negotiations. Which could take months leaving. Angela merkel in charge in a cadillac rome.
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"angela merkel" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"The candidate from the party Because some way they must have thought we can't win this race if we focus solely on the party and the candidates just sort of the lead person so they really switch the logic there And I guess they were also helped out by the fact that I'm in lash it just seemed to have a fairly inept campaign as well He made quite a few mistakes And the social media jumped on this of course But I must say that this was maybe something that was new in this campaign as well That also the green candidate female woman in her early 40s She was really very badly treated on the social media and this all led to a tone in the German debate which I hadn't seen that way before and there were serious discussions about whether people are going too far where the limits are So suddenly we were discussing political culture campaigning the role of social media in a way that Germany hasn't discussed Although I mean it's still looking from outside it seemed so much more polite than one is normally used to A big question How much does this election matter I mean how much do you think Germany really could change potentially with an unwieldy three way governing coalition Germany has to change quite a lot And while many media conferences outlets are celebrating Angela Merkel for her 16 years in office Tibetan continuity at this point and to say okay let's just redo it with another candidate This won't work at all It won't work internally and a word work externally Internally I think the COVID-19 crisis was kind of revelatory because citizens felt and children fell to what extent digital infrastructure isn't in place So schools are not online There was no way and many many places in Germany to have them taught digitally We saw that public transport is really in many places in a bad shape And it's not only it's not only digital it's really also brick and mortar bridges break down in Germany No one talks about that but we are under invested or we have under invested in that has to change And daniela you mentioned Germany abroad will get on to that in the second half of our special election edition of news out from Berlin That's coming up shortly.
AP News Radio
Merkel's bloc sees worst result since 1949; Social Dems rise
"Latest exit polls in Germany's election not showing a tight race between Germany's center left social Democrats and outgoing German chancellor Angela Merkel's center right bloc according to projections Michael center right bloc is heading towards its worst ever result in the country's parliamentary election one projection by public television said D. F. puts the social Democrats headed by outgoing vice chancellor or not Schultz in the lead at twenty five point six percent of the votes the same poll puts Merkel's union bloc led by state governor Amanat **** training behind it twenty four point four percent given the exit poll predictions putting together the next coalition government for Europe's biggest economy could be a lengthy and complicated process I'm Karen Thomas
AP News Radio
Closely fought German election ushers in post-Merkel era
"Germans have been heading to the polls in an election that will see who succeeds outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel polls point to a close race between state governor Armin Laschet from a call center right party and vice chancellor of enough Schultz from the center left social Democrats recent surveys show the social Democrats Montagna heads post put the Green Party headed by candidate and then in a bad book several points behind in third place according to polls no one polity is expected to win with an outright majority meaning a coalition is expected during the months of expected happening between the parties to form a coalition Merkel will remain as caretaker chancellor I'm Karen Thomas
Bloomberg Radio New York
"angela merkel" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"A very open election It's very tied And this is a real departure from the merkle years She's been in office for 16 years This is someone who's played a key role essentially in every crisis in Europe and has led Germany into the super cycle in terms of economic expansion And now it's going to come to an end Yeah absolutely Well just tell me what do you think the Merkel legacy is for any of these candidates taking over from angler Merkel she has simply been a Titan of a figure hasn't she Yeah you know she's still very highly regarded And when you speak to Germans they tell you that she probably has been the best chancer that countries had since reunification and those are big shoes that the next Chancellor will have to fill in is not going to these in Germany There's a real debate as to who is the actual successor to Angela Merkel Is it army lash Jessica is he's a member of the CDU because he has the endorsement for Magnum Merkel She has endorsed them a number of times already or is that all of shawls who to some extent has a similar style during the Merkel always very subtle in the way that he is with mannerism that always tries to be very calm very cool collected But of course as a member of the rival party and for the city you just see all of Sean to win the election as the social Democrat would be a real disaster So the other side to this almost immaculate legacy for angular Merkel could be a party that is invisible and is forced out of government That's something that of course could weigh on her legacy But again when you look at big political transitions it's very difficult And it's very rare for them to go smooth Yeah Indeed So then I suppose also a lot will rest on what the sort of coalition government is going to be formed because it's not like one party is going to win There are so many in this German race and it will be a coalition government so a lot of thinking about what that might look like Yeah and you know if you look at the different coalitions Germany is a system where not a single party is going to win a majority event until now has been a two party coalition This year we could have a three parting coalition that of course makes anything in terms of the executive action become even more complex because you're now having to bring in three different positions into a compromise I'm going to Merkel was very good at this There's a question as to the person that will succeed her will have that capacity There's also the issue of who will gain and the bundestag You know we could see a real reconfiguration in the number of seeds where the CDU is heading in for a terrible result with a good lose A lot of seeds the SPD could add And then of course you have the greens kind of sweeping in the new bundles tag You know we could really see a bundle stack that looks very different to what we've seen until now especially moving away from a two party system Now you've brought to us many German politicians and investors on your special segment on Bloomberg radio the Berlin edition So I wonder from all of those conversations what your view is Maria in terms of investors This is Europe's biggest economy Obviously people keen to understand whether the new form of government is going to spend more whether they're going to move away from the black zero Obviously it all depends on what the outcome is But what are investors most sort of worried about focus on do you think Look I think that when you speak to investors the real conversation is always around the fickle spending And are we going to see a Germany that is now open to spending in huge amounts in ways that it's not done until now Germany is a fiscally conservative country And it takes bright in that it's the black zero is the no deficit is the known new debt principle that guided government for many years Are we going to see a real departure from that And that of course you have this whole aspect of the German industry The cars the renewal energies the everything that has to do with technology and modernizing economy I'm always surprised in Germany It was a very rich country and things like paying with a card throughout the day It's actually a time difficult And this obsession with cash So I think that that's definitely what investors want to see whether or not the next government is serious about spending in big amounts that has huge repercussions for Europe two on the fiscal rules debate that is coming up in the winter And then in terms of the industry how is Germany going to win in the competition for the future industries It has been very successful until now but this is still an economy that still feels very much like a 20th century economy You know it's about the cars The chemicals the heavy industries the future looks very different You've reported from across Europe for us on Bloomberg radio One note though of criticism around Angela Merkel that is emerging now is that she has not done enough for women in work in Germany for women in the finance industry for women in the boardroom for example I wonder what you would say to that sort of criticism Obviously having led Germany for so many years You know that criticism is there and it does show that the fact that you have a female in.
Today in Focus
"angela merkel" Discussed on Today in Focus
"Seems to.
Today in Focus
"angela merkel" Discussed on Today in Focus
"She's faced many significant and immediate challenges during his sixteen years as chancellor. But what about germany's future has merckel ever expressed a longer term vision of what the country might be. I think this vision is is quite interesting. I think it was helmet schmidt former german chancellor who said something like those who have vision should be seen by a doctor. I think the idea of having a vision in germany is because of its history. It's seen as something. That's quite frowned upon at the same time. Yes you would hope and you would think that this woman who has been in power for that long would been considering where she wants germany tomorrow. The big the big question that everybody is obsessing with right now is of course the climate crisis germany has this commitment to become greenhouse gas neutral by two thousand and forty five so it is how you can have that goal and you can also take business with and also speed up some of the decision making. There's this great feeling in germany. That that the obsession with detail. A huge overblown bureaucracy takes a huge amount of time to get very simple things done and if somebody has a vision it's how you can speak those things up how you can make germany more efficient. Bring it more into the twenty first century. The big joke has been the dominance of the fax machine. The fax machine has been the main thing at the beginning of the pandemic health authorities. We're using to get the information no way from one place to another often quite interesting arguing that it's better for data protection than sending an email at these days. But you know the question is why under sixteen years of medical things like that have not improved. They're a huge problems with internet. In rural areas does feel that this country this big off in the middle of europe. It should be further on with a lot of these questions and actually is given all of that. What does the public makeover like. How strong is her reputation within germany. i think at a time when she is just about to leave office. There's a lot of affection for her. That maybe wasn't there before. There's also a lot of animosity and a feeling that merkel has caused the country to go to sleep but when you have an a female character do that plays a role who has been in this position of the decision maker. The person who has pulled the chairs together who has had a hotline to vladimir putin. This person that gets things down there is a real i think among some people even a fear of life after markle and how anybody can possibly step into her shoes.
Today in Focus
"angela merkel" Discussed on Today in Focus
"K connolly your the guardian and the observers berlin correspondent mccullers is the longest running national leader. She's been chancellor for a whopping sixteen years. What is the secret to her success. Yes so it is quite amazing. She will have been one of the longest serving german leaders as well. And i've had it said in recent days people have been analyzing this very question is she doesn't get offended very easily. So she's not been set back by criticism towards her which there's been a lot over the years. She's managed to take large swathes of the german electric. Who weren't voting for the cd you before and moved conservative party. Not just to the center. Some would say even sort of almost to the left success is down to a consensus building attitude that she's had this centrist attitude. So you get the impression of this woman quite a shy woman who is slowly made her way up on the back of being somebody who really does her homework and also quite an unassuming character. I think somebody who maybe was. Always underestimate hit. Monday's announcement represented an important personal victory for angela merkel. Who will become germany's first woman. Chancellor and the first chancellor from the new eastern states essence. I feel good. My if we take a step back. Can you tell us what did she inherit when she actually did become chancellor in two thousand five. Well we just had the era of. Gerhard schroeder was a very interesting era. He added the social democrats in a coalition with the green party. Reform puts us and the major thing that he did when he was in. Power was a series of reforms that cut back drastically on germany's generous welfare benefits very controversial still haunts the social democrats to this day in and it led to thousands of people protesting in the streets as blink finished i in an audit spots and it was that led her schroeder losing support and when michael came into government then she inherited a country that was very divided by war happened and germany hadn't had a female leader before and i think it was a lot more of a conservative place than it actually is now. It was not a place where it was obvious for there to be a female leader but she was often also described as a reluctant feminist. Why do you think she shies away from the identity. And what did she actually do practically to advance gender equality in germany. Yeah interesting i mean. The policy reform that she bought in the has enabled women for example to receive more than sixty percent of your pay while you're on maternity leave and that was also able to be split between males and females so it has encouraged more men to take that time has enabled women to go back into the workplace earlier if they so wished so that i think is possibly in my mind own experience of having benefited from it. One of her most feminists active policy-making but she's always been very reluctant to be drawn on that feminists question. There's a quite nice quotation from michael herself and she says i have the impression the fact that i'm a woman plays a big role for a lot of people but for myself it doesn't play much of a role because i only know myself as a woman. That's very mac less quay of looking at it. So i now have to ask. How would you supper approach. What defines political leadership. So i'd say yes the pragmatism down to earth nece. She has things in her head. She's able to pull out in that moment year. For fleekerman on minsk. Let's and the fact that she could talk about the minsk agreement without notes. She has an ability to not get flummoxed and quite often not said to be down to this science background that she has tried to tried to tackle a lot of the political challenges. She's had of as if they were scientific question. That definitely has an answer to it was just thinking that for us i mean she stands out on the world stage because she is so unshowy and she doesn't buy into the trappings that her position could afford. Know there's no luxury cars houses. She's seen to your own supermarket shopping and enjoys low key walking holiday. How much does not define her political brand. What is mercantilism. I didn't she's done that deliberately. Is that this is a woman who i could never get this image out of my mind. When she left her first husband bearing in mind it was during the ddr. She took the washing machine with her. And i think one of the interesting things about macc lives that she wasn't necessarily taken that seriously at home until she started shining on the international stage and for me some of the defining moments have been how she has dealt with a room full of world leaders who can't agree on something and she's literally sort of pulled the chance together so that these people will sit down and talk doesn't want ego to get in the way she's had an interesting relationship with the world leaders there's bush walking over to hella mirko. He's reaching in he's about to grab her he's rubbing her neck she's grimacing. That is the chancellor of germany. Disengaging yourself from the president of the united states. Us presidents novak rubs you want to pay tribute to an extraordinary leader. And that's my friend gentleman time magazine. Hey they didn't even give me a man of the year the person of the year they should have. They gave it to a woman. Who's not done the right thing germany. It's not doing too well over there. Chancellor merckel has been here frequent over the past sixteen years matter of fact she knows you oval office as well as i do and five british prime ministers i think johnson booked was put this suddenly on the agenda chancellor merckel here in dengue street. Hang on both want to see change in europe. We.
Today in Focus
"angela merkel" Discussed on Today in Focus
"Today. Germany decides who will succeed chancellor angela merkel in sunday's election brought to you by state farm like a good neighbour state farm is there you know i started to. I love angela merkel nine hundred ninety one. When did just enter the political arena. You know linda. Kabul was the only photographer anglo markle allowed to take her official portraits. Couple had set out to shoot politicians throughout their careers to record. How high office changed them. Physically she never gave them any direction on how to pose but simply placed them in front of a white background and the first picture. She was a little bit looking up to the camera. I remember that she was a bit awkward and shy. But even so she was inexperienced. I was impressed by her style. Her energy geology had power and linda was the first photograph merkel's trademark hand gesture in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight. She showed the first time. The famous merkel diamond. Wow yeah she never did it before in public. It was really the first picture. And i realized why she did it. And you know if you keep your together outta medically your shoulders us get up and you can stand for a long time and listening may be boring speeches. Here look very attentive because your body never get too relaxed to try and get right now. I already feel more tired out. And in recent weeks the pair map for their final photo shoot. Of course she changed if chancellor for sixteen years now in the last year she got more static and glow in her eyes liveliness in the is disappeared but she kept her personality and she always had her ego in check normally politician tied to control their images. But she didn't ask for approval. A pictures. I shoot for several years with out any control from her site. Yeah she didn't make.
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Feds to Indict Ex-Boeing Test Pilot Over 737 Max Crashes
"Federal prosecutors plan criminally charged a former boeing pilot. They suspect of misleading aviation regulators. About safety issues blamed for two fatal crashes of the seven three seven. Max this is according to people familiar with the matter who add that mark faulkner is likely to face prosecution in the coming weeks. He was boeing. Seven three seven max. Chief technical pilot during the aircraft's development and attorney for foreigner didn't respond to our requests for comment a justice department spokesman and boeing declined to comment. We have much more on this. On wsj.com
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Woman Fleeing Afghanistan Gives Birth to Baby Girl on US Flight out of Kabul
"Birth on board a US evacuation aircraft in Germany. The U. S Air Mobility Command said the mother was traveling with her family from Kabul to Germany when she went into labor. Once the plane landed, US military medics delivered the child. Both mother and baby are well. Angela Merkel is
MSNBC Morning Joe
"angela merkel" Discussed on MSNBC Morning Joe
"On a personal note. It's painful for me to know that. Nearly every death we are seeing now from cove nineteen could have been prevented. I say that is someone who has lost ten family members to cope in nineteen and who wishes each and every day that they had had the opportunity to get vaccinated over the last many months. We've learned a lot about covert nineteen including how to stop it yet. The virus is rearing up again in dangerous ways as vaccinations lag and disinformation spreads. It's a dangerous combination that will discuss this morning with the. Us surgeon general. Who you just heard there. Plus we'll go live to mississippi where health officials are warning of a surge in the delta variant. It's landed several children in the icu. Some on life support. Also an exclusive excerpt from that bombshell book by a pair of renowned washington post reporters. How bill bar reportedly stunned donald trump into silence. Think about that with his warning about the twenty twenty election. We'll get to that just ahead. Plus angela merkel pays her final. Visit to the white house as germany's chancellor. We'll talk about her meeting with president. In which unlike a summit with bush forty three did not include any spontaneous shoulder rubs surprised about that. All that and much more on this friday. July sixteenth Willy bush miracle shoulder up never gets old. It never gets old little shoulder rub. Diplomacy from the forty third president in the united states. We'll talk much more about angela merkel in a moment but we begin with the growing fears of a new covert wave as cases climb vaccination rates plateau. Now the nation's largest county los angeles is turning back. The clock issuing a new. Indoor mask mandate nbc. News correspondent miguel. Almaguer has the latest los angeles the nation's largest county taking a step back requiring masks indoors even for the vaccinated effective sunday impacting ten million people here and breaking with cdc guidance. It's a clear signal. Concern is growing over the highly contagious delta variant meantime for some of the forty eight million children under twelve and their parents who were hoping to get them vaccinated. This fall a longer wait. The fda will now review several additional months of safety data. Meaning a vaccine for kids won't likely be available until early next year. It makes it a very stressful time to be a parent and educator and a child at all. Schools should really have very strong contingency plans. What are the metrics by which would go back virtual learning..
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"angela merkel" Discussed on WSJ What's News
"Hr and planning system for a changing world german chancellor angela merkel will be visiting the white house today to meet with president biden at marks her farewell trip to washington after sixteen years in office. Merckel isn't running again. In the september election. The two countries have to patch things up after a period of strained relations but they remained far apart on some key. Issues are reporter. Boy on panofsky in berlin discussed the plan meeting with our charlie turner boy on. Thanks for being with us. Hi thanks for having me. Miracle and biden have met previously. They're familiar with each other. What is the tone of the relationship going into this meeting. Yeah they go way back. I mean essentially this is the fourth. Us president she's dealing with the. I was george w bush and obviously biden was vice president during the in the obama administration. So they go back away and they know each other. The relationship between the two. I'm told is cordial and i think the relationship between the two administrations is cordial again. There was a turbulent period. During the trump administration president trump always liked to single out germany for his criticism of europe. So it's a world of difference Essentially the tone is going back to this traditional. Us german relation of friendship of partnership the two countries have been the closest of allies. Ever since the second world war what's at stake for both germany and the us what do biden and miracle hope to achieve at this meeting and beyond what essentially i mean i. They're bringing obviously the relationship back to to normal and they're establishing also symbolically. This reestablishing perhaps reconciling this this partnership after the interruption of the during the trump administration and secondly there have a number of issues where they need to find either of mutual understanding or take things forward i mean they will be discussing the relationship with russia they will be discussing the relationship with china. They will be discussing the cyber threats to both countries. They will be discussing also importantly the efforts to reestablish some sort of an arrangement with iran. so there's a lot of things in common and then of course on several key issues. They are quite far apart in terms of strategic interests. So talk about the major sticking points on what issues do the two sides differ. I think perhaps from the us perspective the biggest and the most profound issue of difference is is the relationship to china you see. Germany is a europe's largest economy. Which is entirely reliant on exports and a large chunk of those experts. Go to china. So germany wants to have a close seamless and productive relationship with with beijing because it's dependent on those experts for a lot of its growth. That's obviously not the case. We the united states. The united states sees china increasingly as a systemic rival that needs to be contained the other kind sticking point and this is a longstanding sticking point of flashpoint even in the relationship is is the relationship to to russia and in particular russian exports of energy to europe and germany germany and russia will complete a vast submarine pipeline for natural law. School norstrom too and this. This pipeline is due to be completed. I think in august and it will double the amount of russian goss experts to germany directly. Ever since the obama administration the united states have tried to convince germany to to stop that project not to go forward with it. During the trump administration there were sanctions imposed and now with prison biden. Power that when the first thing he did is he kind of unilaterally lifted those sanctions. Now the question is will will germany. Make some concessions in return to that goodwill gesture by prison biden into having done so far boy on what are the long term prospects for this crucial alliance might transatlantic drift continue or. Could we see a bridging of differences. I think with the current administration. There's a lot of goodwill on both sides and some of the differences will be papered out. I mean they probably. There are two fundamental to be bridged for example the relationship with china that that's very profound difference in interests. But you know. I think the relationship will return to serve. When there is a disagreement it will be a kind of a mutual disagreement between partners. And i think that's very important. Dominion diplomacy tone matters lot perceptions matter lot so we're we're going back to that pre trump era where where where relationship was cordial but however i mean there's a lot of skepticism in berlin em- paris everywhere in europe about whether the biden administration is as a temporary kind of setup whether americans will not yet again elect a destructive administration the next term the term after that and then they're back to square one where they were with the trump administration. I think i think the experience of of of the relationship during the time of prison trump has left. I think deep marks in the way politicians and officials here perceived the united states. So i think You know there will be a symbolic difference. That will be accordia relationship but we shall see whether they'll manage to really work closer together on on the substantial issues the wall street journal's boy on manchevski. Thanks for joining us. My.
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"angela merkel" Discussed on WSJ What's News
"Angela merkel will be visiting the white house today to meet with president biden at mark farewell trip to washington after sixteen years in office. Merckel isn't running again. in the september election. The two countries have to patch things up after a period of strained relations but they remained far apart on some key. Issues are reporter boy on panchev. Ski in berlin discussed the plan meeting with our charlie turner on. Thanks for being with us. Hi thanks for having miracle and biden have met previously. They're familiar with each other. What is the tone of the relationship going into this meeting. Yeah they go way back. I mean essentially this is the fourth. Us presidents she's dealing with I was george w bush and obviously biden was vice president During the in the obama administration so they they they go Away and they know each other. The relationship between the two. I'm told is cordial and i think the relationship between the two administrations is cordial again. There was a turbulent period. During the trump administration president trump always liked to sing lout germany for his criticism of europe. So it's a world of difference Essentially the tone is going back to this traditional Us german relation of friendship of partnership. The two countries have been the closest of allies. Ever since the second world war what's at stake for both germany and the us what do biden and miracle hope to achieve at this meeting and beyond what essentially i mean i. They're bringing obviously the relationship back to normal and they're establishing symbolically this this Reestablishing perhaps reconciling this this partnership after the interruption of the during the trump administration and sekondi there have a number of issues where they need to find either of mutual understanding or take things forward. I mean they will be discussing the relationship with russia they will be discussing the relationship with china. They will be discussing the cyber threats to both countries. They will be discussing also importantly the efforts to reestablish some sort of an arrangement with iran. so there's a lot of things in common and then all of course on several key issues they. They are quite far apart in terms of strategic interests. So talk about the major sticking points on what issues do the two sides differ. I think perhaps from the us perspective the biggest and the most profound issue of difference is is the relationship to china you see. Germany is europe's largest economy. Which is entirely reliant on exports and a large chunk of those experts. Go to china. So germany wants to have a close seamless and productive relationship with With beijing because it's dependent on those experts for a lot of its growth. That's obviously not the case we. The united states In the united states sees china increasingly as systemic rival that needs to be contained the other sticking point And this is a long standing. Sticking point a flashpoint. Even the relationship is the relationship to to russia. And in particular russian exports of energy to europe in germany germany and russia will complete a vast submarine pipeline for natural gos- school norstrom too and this this pipeline is due to be completed. I think in august and it will double the amount of russian gas experts to germany directly. Ever since the obama administration the united states have tried to convince. German need to to stop that project to go forward with it. During the trump administration there were sanctions imposed and now with prison biden. Power that when the first thing he did is is he kind of unilaterally lifted those sanctions now. The question is will will germany. Make some concessions in return to that goodwill gesture by prison biden having done so far boy on what are the long-term prospects for this crucial alliance might transatlantic drift continue or. Could we see a bridging of differences. I think with the current administration. There's a lot of goodwill on both sides and some of the differences will be papered out. I mean they probably. There are two fundamental to be bridged for example. The relationship with china. That's very profound difference interests. But you know i think the relationship will return to serve. When there is a disagreement it will be a a kind of a mutual disagreement between partners. And i think that's very important. I mean employment tone matters a lot perceptions matter lot so we're we're going back to that pre trump era where where where relationship was cordial but however i mean there's a lot of skepticism in berlin imperatives paris everywhere in europe about whether the biden is as a temporary kind of setup whether americans will not yet again elect a destructive administration the next to him or the term after that and then they're back to square one where they were with the trump administration. I think i think the experience of of the relationship during the time of prison trump has left deep marks in in the way politicians and officials here perceived the united states. So i think You know there will be a symbolic difference. They will be accordia relationship but we shall see whether they'll manage to really work closely together on on the substantial issues the wall street journal's boy on penske thanks for joining us my.