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Old January 19th, 2023 #321
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Ethnic Germans are ‘dying out’ and migrants ‘will inherit’ Germany, claims Iranian writer in one of Germany’s biggest newspapers


An Iranian celebrates the “dying out” of ethnic Germans in a controversial hate-filled article in one of the country’s largest newspapers

January 18, 2023
editor: REMIX NEWS author: JOHN CODY

Following the mass riots involving migrant youth on New Year’s Eve, German-Iranian author and commentator Behzad Karim Khani is criticizing the debates about the young men of foreign origin, which he says are fueled by historical racism. He asserts that regardless of what Germans think about the riots, migrants are not only going to stay in the country but will eventually “inherit Germany” from ethnic Germans, who are “dying off.”

“We are here — not just for your pension funds, but because we make sure that the Aryan nightmare never becomes a reality in this country,” he wrote in one of Germany’s top media outlets, Berliner Zeitung in a piece entitled “Behzad Karim Khani on New Year’s Eve: Integrate yourself!“

Khani, who was accepted to Germany as a political refugee from Iran, along with his family, when he was 10 years old, writes that migrants will inherent Germany. He adds that time is on the side of migrants, as ethnic Germans are “dying out.”
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Old January 20th, 2023 #322
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January 19, 20239:53 PM GMT+1

No need for German, U.S. tanks to be sent to Ukraine simultaneously -defence minister


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BERLIN, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Germany's new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said he did not know of any requirement that Ukraine receive U.S. and German tanks simultaneously, before a meeting on Friday at which future supplies to Kyiv will be discussed.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government has not so far authorised the export of German-made Leopard tanks to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia, with sources saying Berlin would move if Washington agreed to send its Abrams tanks.
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Scholz has been criticised by allies for his stance on sending modern battle tanks that Ukraine says it needs if it is fully to take the fight to Russians on its territory. An ARD opinion poll showed, however, that Germans were split on the matter, with 46% in favour and 43% opposed.

The split was especially acute within his own Social Democrats, 49% of whose backers said Germany should deliver. Younger people were also more reluctant to send tanks than older respondents in the survey.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...er-2023-01-19/
 
Old January 21st, 2023 #323
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Poland ready to send Ukraine tanks even if Germany opposes it -deputy FM


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NATO enhanced Forward Presence battle group Spanish army tank Leopard 2 fires during the final phase of the Silver Arrow 2022 military drill on Adazi military training grounds, Latvia September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

WARSAW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Poland could send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine even without Germany's re-export approval, a deputy foreign minister said on Friday, ahead of a crunch meeting on weapons for Kyiv.

Warsaw and other NATO allies have been urging Germany to give them the go-ahead to send the German-made tanks to Ukraine amid ever louder Kyiv pleas for heavy weaponry it says is essential to turning the tide against Russia's invasion.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...fm-2023-01-20/
 
Old January 22nd, 2023 #324
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Germany would not block Poland from sending tanks to Ukraine, minister says


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PARIS, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister said on Sunday her government would not stand in the way if Poland wants to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, in a possible breakthrough for Kyiv which wants the tanks for its fight against Russia's invasion.

Ukrainian officials have been calling on Western allies to supply them with the modern German-made tanks for months - but Berlin has so far held back from sending them, or allowing other NATO countries to do so.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...on-2023-01-22/
 
Old January 24th, 2023 #325
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Germany starts deploying Patriot air defence units to Poland


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GNOIEN, Germany Jan 23 (Reuters) - Germany on Monday dispatched the first two out of three Patriot air defence units that will be sent to the Polish town of Zamosc close to the Ukrainian border where they will be deployed to prevent stray missile strikes.

Two men were killed by a stray Ukrainian missile that struck the Polish village of Przewodow in the region last November, in an incident that raised fears of the war in Ukraine spilling over the border.

As a result, Berlin offered to deploy three of its Patriot units to Poland to help secure its air space.
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"One of the reasons why Germany will now support NATO's eastern flank in Poland with Patriots is certainly because we saw how quickly the conflict between Russia and Ukraine could spill over to NATO member countries," Colonel Joerg Sievers told reporters in the eastern German town of Gnoien before the Patriots' departure.
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Old January 25th, 2023 #326
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German foreign minister: ‘We are fighting a war with Russia’


The war in Ukraine has reached a new flash point

January 25, 2023
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In what is the latest sign of the growing stakes facing the globe in the war in Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock openly stated that Ukraine’s allies — including Germany — are at war with Russia.

“And therefore I’ve said already in the last days — yes, we have to do more to defend Ukraine. Yes, we have to do more also on tanks,” Baerbock said during a debate at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Tuesday in Strasbourg. “But the most important and the crucial part is that we do it together and that we do not do the blame game in Europe, because we are fighting a war against Russia and not against each other.”
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Old January 28th, 2023 #327
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Germany's defence fund not enough, sending fighter jets 'ruled out': defence minister


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BERLIN, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Germany's 100 billion euro ($108 billion) special defence fund is no longer enough to cover its needs, the new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said in an interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung published on Friday.

Pistorius, who took office last week after his predecessor resigned, said Germany would also need to raise its annual regular defence spending from the current level of around 50 billion euros.

Germany also needs to replenish its military hardware stocks, including replacements for the 14 Leopard tanks that Berlin agreed to send to Ukraine to help repel Russia's invasion, the new defence chief said.

Germany's decision to suspend compulsory military service in 2011 was a mistake, he added, saying he was hesitant to place a burden upon young generations but was open to discussing a new model to strengthen the relationship between citizens and the state.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...er-2023-01-27/
 
Old January 31st, 2023 #328
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German economy unexpectedly shrinks in Q4, reviving spectre of recession


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BERLIN, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The German economy unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter, data showed on Monday, a sign that Europe's largest economy may be entering a much-predicted recession, though likely a shallower one than originally feared.

Gross domestic product decreased 0.2% quarter on quarter in adjusted terms, the federal statistics office said. A Reuters poll of analysts had forecast the economy would stagnate.

In the previous quarter, the German economy grew by an upwardly revised 0.5% versus the previous three months.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...q4-2023-01-30/
 
Old February 1st, 2023 #329
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Jump or be pushed: German conservatives turn on ex-Nazi hunter over race comments


By Thomas Escritt

BERLIN, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Once he was Germany's top Nazi hunter. Now the conservative opposition want to kick former domestic security chief Hans-Georg Maassen out of their party for allegedly repeating anti-Semitic and racist tropes.

Until 2018, Maassen headed the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, chasing down extremist threats to Germany's constitutional order, whether from foreign spies, religious fundamentalists, the far right or the far left.

But the long-time member and one-time parliamentary candidate of former Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) lost that job after being accused of ignoring video evidence of far-right gangs chasing immigrants in riots.

Now, after Maassen mused in an interview about "a green-leftist race theory" that casts "whites as inferior" and promotes "immigration by Arabic and African men", the CDU have lost patience with a man who kept doubling down on culture war tropes, making himself a cult figure on the right fringes.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ts-2023-01-30/
 
Old February 1st, 2023 #330
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Germany plans to buy eight IRIS-T air defence systems for its military - document


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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany aims to purchase eight IRIS-T air defence units for its military, according to a document seen by Reuters, referring to a medium-range surface-to-air system that Berlin has bought to donate to Kyiv but not yet purchased for its own forces.

The defence ministry paper, dated Jan. 25 and seen by Reuters on Wednesday, lists the defence deal as one of several planned purchases expected to be submitted for approval to parliament in the second quarter of 2023.

A spokesperson for the defence ministry said it intended to submit a deal on the purchase of the IRIS-T system to parliament this year but declined to comment on the number of units and the exact timing.

In October, Ukraine received the first of four IRIS-T air defence systems pledged by Germany to help Kyiv protect its cities from missile and drone attacks.

The systems are estimated to cost 150 million euros ($163 million) apiece.
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Old February 4th, 2023 #331
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Germany considers diverting ‘green’ subsidies to arms production – Bloomberg


The move would allow more weapons and ammunition to be manufactured for the Ukraine conflict

Germany may use funds intended for the phasing out of coal-fired power plants to help defense companies build additional production facilities, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

According to the report, the measure is being discussed between the government in Berlin and regional authorities in Germany’s individual states. The move would allow manufacturers to make more weapons and ammunition, as well as create jobs in the areas worst affected by the shift from coal.

It comes as Western countries are ramping up military aid to Kiev. Germany pledged last month to deliver Leopard 2 main battle tanks and Marder armored vehicles to Ukraine.

Berlin also allowed companies this week to transfer the older Leopard 1 tanks.
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Old February 7th, 2023 #332
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Germany's Scholz: Putin has not threatened me or Germany - Bild


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FRANKFURT, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin in his telephone conversations with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz "has not made any threats against me or Germany," Scholz said in an interview with Sunday newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson, speaking to the BBC for a documentary early this week, said the Russian leader had threatened him with a missile strike that would "only take a minute." The Kremlin said Johnson was lying.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ld-2023-02-05/
 
Old February 9th, 2023 #333
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Germany's Scholz criticizes 'public competition' to send arms to Ukraine


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BERLIN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday criticized the public competition among some countries over who can deliver more and better weapons to Ukraine, saying it harmed unity among allies.

"We preserve and strengthen this cohesion by first preparing decisions confidentially - and only then communicating them," Scholz told the Bundestag lower house of parliament according to a manuscript of his speech, citing his cooperation with U.S. President Joe Biden on the decision to supply tanks to Ukraine.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ne-2023-02-08/
 
Old February 9th, 2023 #334
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UNESCO honors Angela Merkel with Peace Prize


By DW.com Published on : 2023/02/08

For her 'open door' refugee policy in 2015, the former German chancellor will be awarded the Felix Houphouet-Boigny UNESCO Peace Prize in Ivory Coast.

A bright, monumental building rises 30 meters into the sky of Yamoussoukro, the strangely quiet capital of Ivory Coast, far from the hustle and bustle of the economic metropolis of Abidjan.

A white dove symbolizing peace adorns the globe in the geometrically laid out park in front of the main entrance. The institution's name is almost as impressive as the architecture: Felix-Houphouet-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research.

A 20-meter-long fabric printed with the portrait of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel decorates the side of the building. It is an exceptional setting for Merkel's return to Africa, just over a year after she left office as chancellor.

On Wednesday, Angela Merkel will receive the Felix Houphouet-Boigny UNESCO Peace Prize in the self-proclaimed "world capital of peace."

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Old February 14th, 2023 #335
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Exclusive: After multi-billion U.S. fund collapse, Germany's Allianz eschews risk for safe bonds


By Tom Sims and John O'Donnell

FRANKFURT, Feb 14 (Reuters) - For years, Allianz (ALVG.DE), one of the world's biggest investors, piled billions into property, wind farms and even London's sewage system, but now it is moving to shun such "alternative" investments for plain vanilla bonds, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The German company's new approach comes amid a sea-change in the investment environment, with central banks raising interest rates to clamp down on runaway inflation, prompting higher yields on mainstream assets, the people said on condition of anonymity.
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The move by Germany's biggest financial company by assets and market value provides evidence of a significant shift towards the multi-trillion dollar market for investment-grade bonds, which keep governments afloat and pensioners fed, and away from alternatives that juiced returns in an era of ultra-low and even negative interest rates.
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Old February 17th, 2023 #336
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Exclusive: Germany aims to speed Rosneft's exit from Schwedt refinery


By Markus Wacket and Riham Alkousaa

BERLIN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Germany plans to change its Energy Security Act to allow a quick sale of Russian energy group Rosneft's stake in the Schwedt refinery without the need for prior nationalisation, a draft law showed, as Berlin strives to stabilise a key energy supplier.

Under the planned adjustment to the law, the condition of prior nationalisation of assets put under government trusteeship could be withdrawn if the sale of the assets is needed to ensure that Germany's energy sector remains functional, the draft law, seen by Reuters on Thursday, showed.
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Old February 18th, 2023 #337
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German refugee summit disappoints overwhelmed local officials


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BERLIN, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A refugee summit failed to break an impasse among Germany's federal, state and local governments on Thursday, prolonging what some officials say is an untenable situation that threatens to flip sentiment against refugees.

Local governments say they are being asked to take on an increasing number of refugees, pushing resources to their limit, despite having no say in distribution or migration policy. They want the federal government to offer them more support and to implement tighter borders and faster deportations.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ls-2023-02-16/
 
Old February 21st, 2023 #338
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Germany comments on fighter jet supplies for Ukraine


Germany's Armed Forces do not possess the military aircraft requested by Kiev, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said

Germany can hardly meet Kiev’s requests for fighter jets since its Armed Forces do not possess the relevant aircraft types, its defense minister Boris Pistorius told journalists on Monday.

When asked about potential aircraft deliveries to Ukraine, Pistorius said that, so far, the discussions about potential fighter jet deliveries have only covered the "fighter jet types that the Bundeswehr does not possess."

"That is a question for other nations rather than Germany," the minister said. He did not rule out potential aircraft deliveries, though. "The military actions in Ukraine is something where one can never absolutely rule out anything," he said, adding, though, that this idea hardly applies to German military aircraft right now.
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Old February 22nd, 2023 #339
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Leopard tanks like a Mercedes, says Ukrainian soldier training in Germany


By Sabine Siebold



MUNSTER, Germany, Feb 20 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian soldier compared Germany's Leopard 2 tanks to a Mercedes as he underwent training with them ahead of their arrival on the battlefield, saying he hoped they would bring a breakthrough in the war.

He is among dozens of Ukrainian troops Germany is training on Leopard 2 simulators and then the tanks themselves at its largest military training ground, in Munster, before sending them to Ukraine.

Germany last month agreed to supply the tanks, regarded as one of the best in the West's arsenal, overcoming misgivings about sending heavy weaponry that Kyiv sees as crucial to defeat Russia's invasion but Moscow casts as a dangerous provocation.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ny-2023-02-20/
 
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Germany supporting Ukraine, now others must deliver - German finance minister


By Christian Kraemer

BENGALURU, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Germany is already strongly supporting Ukraine and now other countries must do their part, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Thursday after a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7)in the Indian city of Bengaluru.

"Germany is already strongly committed and now others internationally must also make their contributions," Lindner said. He added that Germany was already providing Ukraine with strong support in the form of military equipment, had given a grant of 1 billion euros last year, and was also part of the European Union loans to Ukraine.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...er-2023-02-23/
 
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