Author: Arne Delfs
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Scholz urges European allies to increase aid for Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz raised pressure on European allies to increase military aid to Ukraine, using a speech at the Munich Security Conference to warn of the political and financial cost of a Russian victory. Scholz told delegates in the Bavarian capital Saturday that Germany’s military assistance for the government in Kyiv amounts to around…
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Merkel rebuffs party on German nationality push for 2017 vote
Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a push by her party to defend German identity, as rank-and-file members challenge parts of her agenda in a bid to counter populists in next year’s election. Merkel said she doesn’t feel bound by the vote at a Christian Democratic Union convention on Wednesday to scrap a law passed on…