Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Friday, September 26, 2008
German police seize terrorist suspects on plane
German police commandos grabbed two terrorist suspects from an Amsterdam-bound flight early Friday before the plane took off from Cologne, police said.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Germans Thwart Anti-Islam Rally
Protestors demonstrate with a banner reading 'Cologne' in front of a mosque in Cologne. (Reuters)
Tens of thousands of Germans took to the streets of the western city of Cologne on Saturday, September 20, to protest an anti-Islam conference of European far-rightists. "We're here to show racism the red card," Cologne Mayor Fritz Schramma told the cheering crowd, reported Reuters.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Tough Iran sanctions to hit Germany hard: report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy address a news conference after a meeting in Berlin November 12, 2007. Germany, Britain, France and the United States called this week for the United Nations to consider more severe sanctions because they say Iran has failed to allay concerns about its atomic work. (Tobias Schwarz/Reuters)
Merkel is still pushing for tougher sanctions against Iran when implementing those sanctions would cost her government 2 billion Euros per year ~ that can only mean one thing. Bush has promised to off-set any damages Germany incurs as a result of the sanctions.
Friday, November 23, 2007
No More Holocaust Reparations, Says German Finance Minister
Steinbrück pays his respects at the Yad Vashem memorial
"Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück said in Jerusalem Thursday that Germany had no plans to renegotiate a Holocaust reparations deal signed with Israel in 1952."
No, No, No! You CAN"T refuse! You MUST feel guilty and pay reparations until WE say you can stop.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Merkel says she feels duty to protect Israel against Iranian threat
The Germans really need to get off their guilt trip... It's killing them!
AFP - Nov 6, 2007
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday said she felt a moral duty to protect Israel and would stand firm in the face of Iran's nuclear ambitions and its threats to wipe the Jewish state off the map.
After receiving a prestigious award from the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Merkel said the prize gave her a responsibility to fight racism and to foster close ties between Germans and the Jewish community.
"It means intervening to protect the safety of Israel today and in the future, as well as our common values of democracy and the rule of law."
The chancellor, who received the Leo Baeck Prize in Berlin, said Germany only fully accepted its role in the Holocaust after reunification because the communist East German regime rejected moral responsibility for the crimes of the Nazis.
"It took more than 40 years for Germany as a whole to accept the responsibility it carries to ensure the safety of Israel," Merkel said.
"Only by accepting Germany's past can we lay the foundation for the future. Only in as far as we acknowledge our responsibility for the moral catastrophe of Germany's history, can we build a humane future."
She said the country pay could not merely pay lip service to these principles but will be judged on how firmly it reacts to breaches inside its borders but also beyond them.
"How firmly do we react when the Iranian president wants to destroy Israel and to belittle the Holocaust?"
Merkel said Germany would celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the creation of the Jewish state with joy but not without fear.
"I believe that in the face of the threat Iran's nuclear programme poses to Israel, our responsibility must be more than empty words. These words must be backed up by deeds. My government will follow its words with action."
She reiterated her support for tougher UN sanctions against Iran if it fails to comply with the demands of the international community to halt sensitive nuclear work.
"We and our partners are working towards a diplomatic solution. Part of this process is a readiness on the part of Germany to agree to wider, stricter sanctions if Iran does not comply."
Merkel flies to the United States later this week for talks with US President George W. Bush expected to focus on how to resolve the Iranian crisis.
Iran denies Western accusations that its nuclear programme is a cover for developing atomic weapons.
AFP - Nov 6, 2007
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday said she felt a moral duty to protect Israel and would stand firm in the face of Iran's nuclear ambitions and its threats to wipe the Jewish state off the map.
After receiving a prestigious award from the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Merkel said the prize gave her a responsibility to fight racism and to foster close ties between Germans and the Jewish community.
"It means intervening to protect the safety of Israel today and in the future, as well as our common values of democracy and the rule of law."
The chancellor, who received the Leo Baeck Prize in Berlin, said Germany only fully accepted its role in the Holocaust after reunification because the communist East German regime rejected moral responsibility for the crimes of the Nazis.
"It took more than 40 years for Germany as a whole to accept the responsibility it carries to ensure the safety of Israel," Merkel said.
"Only by accepting Germany's past can we lay the foundation for the future. Only in as far as we acknowledge our responsibility for the moral catastrophe of Germany's history, can we build a humane future."
She said the country pay could not merely pay lip service to these principles but will be judged on how firmly it reacts to breaches inside its borders but also beyond them.
"How firmly do we react when the Iranian president wants to destroy Israel and to belittle the Holocaust?"
Merkel said Germany would celebrate the upcoming 60th anniversary of the creation of the Jewish state with joy but not without fear.
"I believe that in the face of the threat Iran's nuclear programme poses to Israel, our responsibility must be more than empty words. These words must be backed up by deeds. My government will follow its words with action."
She reiterated her support for tougher UN sanctions against Iran if it fails to comply with the demands of the international community to halt sensitive nuclear work.
"We and our partners are working towards a diplomatic solution. Part of this process is a readiness on the part of Germany to agree to wider, stricter sanctions if Iran does not comply."
Merkel flies to the United States later this week for talks with US President George W. Bush expected to focus on how to resolve the Iranian crisis.
Iran denies Western accusations that its nuclear programme is a cover for developing atomic weapons.
Friday, October 19, 2007
German parties blast rash Bush remarks
Press TV News - Oct 19, 2007
German politicians slam the US President's recent remarks on Iran, saying they illustrate the war-mongering policies of the White House.
"Such comments hinder the efforts aimed to find a diplomatic and peaceful solution for Iran's nuclear activities," said Ruprecht polenz, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the lower house of Germany's Parliament, in a reference to George W. Bush's recent remarks.
Polenz, who is a member of the ruling Christian Democratic Union, added Thursday that the warmongering comments have been presented in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to Iran.
Germany's Social Democratic Party also issued a statement on Thursday, describing the US president's remarks as 'irresponsible'. A spokesperson for the Party also described US go-to-war rhetoric as detrimental to the measures taken to resolve the issue peacefully.
Another German political party, The Left, said, "By issuing such remarks, Bush seeks to gain more support to pursue his hawkish policies against Iran."
In a press conference held on Wednesday, Bush said Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons would lead to World War III. He didn't provide any evidence for his claims.
"I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing the Iranians from gaining the means to make nuclear weapons," he said.
Tehran insists that its nuclear program is solely aimed at peaceful purposes. The IAEA has declared that there is no evidence to prove Iran is developing nuclear weaponry.
German politicians slam the US President's recent remarks on Iran, saying they illustrate the war-mongering policies of the White House.
"Such comments hinder the efforts aimed to find a diplomatic and peaceful solution for Iran's nuclear activities," said Ruprecht polenz, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the lower house of Germany's Parliament, in a reference to George W. Bush's recent remarks.
Polenz, who is a member of the ruling Christian Democratic Union, added Thursday that the warmongering comments have been presented in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to Iran.
Germany's Social Democratic Party also issued a statement on Thursday, describing the US president's remarks as 'irresponsible'. A spokesperson for the Party also described US go-to-war rhetoric as detrimental to the measures taken to resolve the issue peacefully.
Another German political party, The Left, said, "By issuing such remarks, Bush seeks to gain more support to pursue his hawkish policies against Iran."
In a press conference held on Wednesday, Bush said Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons would lead to World War III. He didn't provide any evidence for his claims.
"I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing the Iranians from gaining the means to make nuclear weapons," he said.
Tehran insists that its nuclear program is solely aimed at peaceful purposes. The IAEA has declared that there is no evidence to prove Iran is developing nuclear weaponry.
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