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Three topless protesters from the women’s rights group Femen have been forcibly removed from outside the Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office at the German chancellery.
The bare-chested demonstrators shouted “Merkel free Femen” in protest against a visit from the Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh. Some of the women had written the names of three jailed Tunisian activists across their bodies.
The names referred to three Femen demonstrators, two French and one German, who are currently on trial in Tunisia for debauchery, following a topless demonstration in front of Tunisian Palace of Justice. The women, whose trial has recently been adjourned, face up to 6 months in prison.
The controversial demonstration in Tunis was held as a challenge to the arrest of a Tunisian member of the Ukranian-based Femen group, Amina Tyler. Tyler recently appeared before a judge for carrying an “incendiary object” after carrying out a protest in Kairouan.
Following talks with Larayedh, Merkel confirmed to reporters that the activists’ trial had been discussed, saying she “made clear the hope for a fair and reasonable handling.”
Larayedh urged that the incident “not be blown out of proportion” and said the women’s rights and dignity were being protected.
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Merkel-Hollande present wish list ahead of EU summit
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Amid domestic scuffles over European policy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have set aside their differences to present a united front to revive the EU’s flagging economy.
Though the pair may have got off to a rocky start after Hollande’s election last year, he set out their joint wish list, which includes a job opening for a full-time Eurogroup President at a press conference in Paris.
“We want Europe to do more on unemployment particularly among the young. Also we want to speed up the creation of a banking union, and to be more effective in economic governance and to bring fiscal systems in line with one another and put policies of growth and competition into motion,” said Hollande.
Asked by a journalist whether she felt forced to renege on her austerity policies as European countries begin to question them, Merkel responded:
“If you have a look at the programmes, which we see in Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Ireland you’ll notice that they don’t merely focus on budget consolidation. They are massive structural reforms, that profoundly change the countries; most of all in Greece, where it is all about the creation of a new tax-system, a new health-system and a completely new administration.”
The meeting came as France announced record unemployment figures. Merkel has given Hollande a Berlin rendez-vous to discuss youth unemployment in July.
Euronews correspondent Gianni Maggi reports from outside the Elysee Palace: “The meeting has resulted in a Franco-German motion on economic growth and employment to be submitted to the European summit at the end of June.”
They will hope to convince the other European leaders that their vision of closer EU integration is the way to save the eurozone.
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Germany and Hungary at odds over Orban ‘tanks’ comment
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The smiles may be slightly forced when Germany’s Angela Merkel and Hungary’s Viktor Orban meet at Wednesday’s EU summit following a spat between their governments over comments littered with military – and Nazi – analogies.
In response to criticism of his government, Hungary’s prime minister said on Friday he hoped Germany would not send any more “tanks”, as last time “it didn’t work out”.
The clear reference to World War II, and the Nazi occupation from March 1944 onwards, came the day after Merkel said Germany would “do everything to put Hungary onto the right path” – except sending in the “cavalry”.
The Chancellor’s comments are seen as a tongue-in-cheek reference to remarks by the German opposition leader Peer Steinbruck. In 2009 he mentioned the “cavalry” while encouraging measures against Swiss tax havens, and in the discussion with Merkel raised the idea of throwing Hungary out of the EU for alleged undemocratic reforms.
Somehow any irony intended has become lost, and relations between Budapest and Berlin remain strained. The German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has described Orban’s comments as a “regrettable derailment”.
Some European leaders have criticised Hungary’s new constitution, saying it threatens freedom and democracy. Changes include restrictions to the Constitutional Court’s powers and election campaigning.
Orban’s conservative coalition has a two-thirds majority in parliament, enabling it to pass controversial legislation.
The prime minister argues the constitutional changes are necessary to eradicate the legacy of communism from Hungary.
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German Chancellor in Surprise Visit to Afghanistan
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Unannounced and arriving by helicopter, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel,visited Northern Afghanistan to meet with German peacekeeping troops.
Her visit comes two weeks after the killing of a German special forces soldier and the wounding of a second, by insurgents
Merkel told reporters:
“The world will not forget Afghanistan after the withdrawal of international troops.”
However, she went on to stress that, “By training the Afghan security forces we have achieved a great deal. But there are still places, where there is no security at all. We need to deploy German soldiers and of course their Afghan fellow soldiers.”
At the northern Kunduz military base, Angela Merkel and Defense Minister, Thomas de Maiziere, laid a wreath at a memorial wall, etched with the names of the 35 German soldiers who have been killed in Afghanistan since 2002.
With more than 4,000 troops deployed in northern Afghanistan, Germany is the third-largest international troop contributor. 800 soldiers will remain, after the NATO combat mission closes at the end of 2014.
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