German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Wednesday for a sweeping new free trade deal between the EU and the United
States, after previous efforts faltered amid mass protests and transatlantic tensions.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday invited US
President Joe Biden to visit Germany "as soon as the pandemic situation
allows," her spokesman said, in their first phone call since the Democrat took office.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday there was far more common ground to work together with Washington now that Joe Biden has replaced Donald Trump in the White House.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday
congratulated new US President Joe Biden, saying she looked forward to a "new chapter" in German-US relations.
Joe Biden will officially be inaugurated as the 46th US president on Wednesday. Here's a look at what the new administration could mean for Germany and transatlantic relationships.
Germans have previously said that outgoing US President Donald Trump is their greatest source of angst. So what exactly do they think about Joe Biden's win and his plans?
Joe Biden could reverse course – at least partially – on the Trump administration's move to withdraw some 12,000 US troops from Germany, according to the US President-elect defense advisers.
In an interview with Munich-based daily SĂĽddeutsche Zeitung published on Thursday, American Vice President Joe Biden discussed possible solutions to the Ukraine-Russia conflict ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel's U.S. visit.
Ground-breaking talks between the Russian foreign minister and the Syrian opposition leader at a security conference in Munich have bolstered a global push to narrow sharp differences over how to end the conflict in Syria.
Syria's opposition chief said the international community must not be a bystander to the tragedy of the Syrian people as US and other officials, ministers and military brass gathered for the Munich Security Conference.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched a landmark nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia in Munich on Saturday, a showpiece of Washington's "reset" of ties with its former Cold War enemy.
The head of a high-profile annual security conference in Munich, Wolfgang Ischinger, said on Friday he hoped this year’s meeting would provide the foundation for a “new chapter” in transatlantic relations.
The inauguration of a new, more internationally accepted US president won’t help ease tensions with terrorists, German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble told the <i>Financial Times Deutschland</i> on Friday.
President Barack Obama is sending his Vice President Joseph Biden and a top-level delegation to the Munich Security Conference this weekend to hear what US allies have to say before his new foreign policies go into effect.
American Vice President Joseph Biden will make his first official trip abroad next week to the annual Wehrkunde conference on security policy in Munich, the White House said late on Tuesday.
