Homophobia didnât disappear once Guido Westerwelle became Germanyâs foreign minister. But questions about him promoting personal interests on official trips abroad have nothing to do with him being gay, argues <b>Tissy Bruns</b> from <b>Der Tagesspiegel</b>.
Germany Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has rejected charges that he used foreign trips to promote the business interests of his partner, family and party donors, calling them "slander" in an interview.
The controversy surrounding Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelleâs travel companions on official overseas trips has widened to include a close colleague at the ministry.
As Chancellor Angela Merkel defended Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Friday against accusations of inappropriately promoting the business interests of friends and family, his political allies said such attacks were a threat to German democracy.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Thursday faced new allegations that he had helped promote the business interests of his friends and family during official trips abroad.
Brazil and Germany differed sharply Wednesday on whether to threaten Iran with fresh United Nations sanctions in a bid to rein in its disputed nuclear program.
Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was hit with criticism Wednesday that his partner Michael Mronz was accompanying him on a South American trip to do his own business networking.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle arrived in Chile on Sunday with a generator, medical supplies and other aid in a show of "solidarity" after the country's devastating earthquake.
Security analysts warn Germanyâs push for the removal of the US nuclear weapons from its soil could have dramatic strategic consequences, including inadvertently fuelling a Middle East arms race and reaffirming the need for US military might in Europe.
More than half of German voters back Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelleâs robust attacks on Germanyâs welfare system, saying his fiery rhetoric has been justified, a poll released on Friday revealed.
Walking past the "Coffee Bar" advertising "breakfast and bakery" and the "Midtown Grill" offering "great steaks, chops and seafood," you could easily be in downtown Manhattan or central London.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday took a swipe at her coalition partner Guido Westerwelle on Thursday, suggesting he was inflaming the debate over welfare by trumpeting himself as the lone voice on âtabooâ topics.
FDP boss and vice-chancellor Guido Westerwelle again sharpened his rhetoric against the unemployed on Sunday by declaring that those young and healthy enough should be forced to do community work.
Continuing his fiery criticism of Germanyâs social welfare benefits, Foreign Minister and head of the pro-business Free Democrats Guido Westerwelle on Friday advocated tough action against those who abuse them.
German Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelleâs fiery rhetoric over welfare has failed to turn around his slide in popularity, with a poll released Wednesday showing the approval rating of his Free Democrats (FDP) sinking to 7 percent.
Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelle stepped up his attacks on the welfare system Sunday, calling for a complete overhaul and warning that workers were fast becoming âthe nationâs suckers.â
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle refused to back down on Friday after being assailed from all quarters for slamming the âsocialist leaningsâ of a national debate on welfare.
Progress in the stand-off over Iranâs nuclear ambitions got a shot in the arm Friday when Iranâs Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, told the Munich Security Conference a "final" deal to swap uranium with the West was close.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her centre-right coalition on Thursday evening following widespread criticism that the government had bungled its first 100 days in power.
Greece has the "full support" of Germany and other European Union peers as it struggles to beat back a mountain of debt and a runaway public deficit, Germany's foreign minister told a Greek daily Sunday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Germany next month to attend the Munich Security Conference and meet veterans of the German resistance to the Nazis, his spokesman said Friday.
Germany believes Thursday's conference in London to map out Afghanistan's future could be a "turning point" for the country, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.
GĂźnther Oettinger, Germanyâs designated EU commissioner, is facing growing ridicule for his atrocious English thanks to a popular video on the internet.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle defended the governmentâs new Afghanistan plan on Wednesday, saying that the US was happy with Germanyâs contribution.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called a meeting of top ministers to discuss the countryâs plans for Afghanistan ahead of the international summit on the strife-torn country in London on January 28.
