Foreign Policy News
May 23, 2012
| Germany.info
In an op-ed published today on The Washington Post website, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle calls for supplementing the fiscal compact signed in Europe earlier this year with a European growth pact.
Westerwelle Op-Ed
May 21, 2012
| Federal Foreign Office
The NATO partners have come together in Chicago to consult on the security challenges facing the North Atlantic Alliance. The summit meeting on May 20 and 21 is focused on the situation in Afghanistan as well as the Alliance’s military capabilities and its relations with partner countries.
2012 NATO Summit
May 18, 2012
| Germany.info
Two major international summits are taking place this weekend in the United States. Chancellor Merkel will join her counterparts from industrialized states at the summit of G8 leaders at Camp David on Friday and Saturday. She will then travel on to Chicago, where she will be joined by Foreign Minister Westerwelle and Defense Minister de Maizière for the 2012 NATO Summit.
G8 and NATO
May 16, 2012
| Germany.info
The first meeting between the Chancellor and the new French president was more than a getting-to-know you session. They talked about central European and international topics. At the center of their talks were the developments in the eurozone and especially in Greece.
Merkel and Hollande
May 16, 2012
| Federal Foreign Office
During a visit to Berlin by President Karzai, Germany and Afghanistan have concluded an Agreement on future cooperation between the two countries.
Partnership with Afghanistan
