Term in office but it was a bitter victory with her conservative slumping to their worst defeat in the postwar period and the far right alternative for Germany Party and to the bundestag for the very first time with just under thirteen percent of the vote how will a weakened merkel respond domestically and internationally a question on quadriga this week after the election what now for medical and to discuss that question im joined by three keen observers of german politics beginning with andreas klute of hundreds about global the english language version of the publication who says im going to merkel is now a lame duck and will get weaker as a fourth term progress is but in a world of bullies dictators prima donnas of trumps cames putins and out of ones chair remains a last best hope of the world a loss thats interesting also with us is political analyst but as on a formerly a very familiar figure. On the a. A. R. D. T. V. Network he believes that europe needs Angela Merkels leadershi
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To push for his policy of a hard line against tehran but previous meetings with merkel have been marred by tension. On the American Land Benyamin Netanyahu smiled for the cameras but their relationship has become more tense these past few years that netanyahu has been pushing ahead with the expansion of jewish settlements in the west bank and doesnt agree with a two state solution doesnt sit well with merkel she sees his stance as an obstacle to lasting peace a few weeks ago donald trump made things even worse he decided to withdraw from the Nuclear Agreement with iran and move the u. S. Embassy in israel to jerusalem. Israel a plot of these moves germany didnt. In march during his inaugural visit to israel the new German Foreign minister outlined his countrys approach. Which over the. I believe that we agree on almost all of the goals. There are some differing opinions on how to achieve them. Germanys place will always be by israels side on all of these issues slaves are after the fou
Trumps performance was beyond belief. Good evening, everyone. That quote is from a senior european diplomat talking to cnn about the nato summit in brussels and what the president said there today. Now, this diplomat we should point out is not alone. The western allies have been talking about it. The russians vietnam be talking about it. The world, and tonight so will we. Yet as shocking as it may be to our allies, as troubling as it is to some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, it should not be surprising whether voters at the time gave it much credence. What happened today in brussels is what donald trump campaigned on. He said he was going to do this. Its the distilled essence of what he has believed, in fact, for years. The problem is the beliefs he campaigned on and tweeted about and stirred up crowds with on the stump, they do not happen to be based in fact, and the concern is he either does not know or does not care to know, or worse that he does know better but chooses inste
For writing one of the conditions for serbia joining the e. U. Is that you signed a legally binding agreement on peaceful relations with kosovo which declared its independence in two thousand and eight youve never recognize that these talks come and go sometimes theyre on sometimes theyre off why should the e. U. Bother with all this feuding and bilateral disputes that you have with cos over here too much trouble for the launch. I think as much as our interest is to join the e. U. I think the enlargement to cover balkans is also in the interest i think first and foremost European Union is a peace project and its a successful one because we have for the first time in history your long term peace in europe would you say that but they know you have made it clear havent they they cannot and will not import bilateral disputes junko deal because said it last year thats pretty clear isnt it it was clear theyre not going to point to a dispute with constable it is absolutely clear if you dont s