Angela Merkel delivers a speech during an election campaign of her Christian Democratic Union, CDU, and the Christian Social Union, CSU, in Munich, southern Germany, on 28 May. Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa via APFrankfurt: Europe “must take its fate into its own hands” faced with a western alliance divided by Brexit and Donald Trump’s presidency, German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday. While Germany and Europe would strive to remain on good terms with America and Britain, “we have to fight for our own destiny”, Merkel went on. Merkel on Saturday labelled the result of the “six against one” discussion “very difficult, not to say very unsatisfactory”. Sunday’s event saw Merkel renew bonds with the Christian Social Union (CSU), Bavarian sister party to her own centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), ahead of a parliamentary vote in September.

Source: Mint May 28, 2017 16:18 UTC