...the polls this fall, when Mrs. Merkel, a Christian Democrat, will face off against her foreign minister, Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Perhaps Mrs. Merkel now believes her chances for a second term are better if she creates the impression of "doing...
...Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- German Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday welcomed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's proposals to end the fighting in the Gaza Strip, as well as the Israeli government's announcement that it will establish a humanitarian...
...to block weapons smuggling by Islamists of Hezbollah along Lebanon's coast. Welcoming the Mubarak plan, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement, "One must now seek an exit from the violence as soon as possible on this basis." He also welcomed...
...fighting are increasing amid growing concerns over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Berlin Wednesday that a way out of the violence must be found as quickly as possible. The aim must be to achieve...
...will take place on Sept. 27," Koehler announced in a statement. Â Â Â Â Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier are to compete for the next chancellory during the election. Â Â Â Â Latest survey shows that Steinmeier, nominated by...
...The talks are expected to take place on January 16. Putin is also scheduled to meet Merkel's deputy, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and pay a visit to the International Green Week agricultural fair that opens in the German capital next week. Putin,...
...themselves embroiled in little party political games." "German Chancellor Angela Merkel, SPD chancellor candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier and CSU leader Horst Seehofer have pushed aside the real economic issues by playing pure power politics. Instead of showing...
...as Foreign Minister, Nana Akufo-Addo, and his party, a role in shaping the political and economic future of his country.â Frank-Walter Steinmeier pledged that: âThe Federal Government and I myself will continue to lend Ghana our full support on its way forward." ...
...them were British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and the French and German foreign ministers Bernard Kouchner and Frank Walter-Steinmeier. Rice cancelled a trip to China to handle the crisis in the Middle East. Israel launched its massive air assault on...
...the CDU on how Berlin should best respond to the financial crisis. In a 19-page paper leaked to German media on Sunday, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the the chancellor-candidate and foreign minister, laid out his partyâs plans to create a â¬10bn ($14bn, £9.6bn)...