Angela Merkel has blamed German ‘perfectionism’ for the country’s current coronavirus chaos with vaccine doses going unused and patchy lockdown rules failing to rein in the third wave. The long-serving chancellor called for more ‘flexibility’ as she acknowledged flaws in a bureaucratic vaccine roll-out which has seen only 10 per cent of the population get … Read more
Angela Merkel is ‘definitively a lame duck’ after she was forced to make a humiliating U-turn by scrapping plans for a strict Easter lockdown, a former German government spokesman has said. Bela Anda, a press secretary under Merkel’s predecessor Gerhard Schroeder, said Merkel had seen her power ‘eroded’ by the fiasco – with her party’s … Read more
German chancellor Angela Merkel has come out in favour of the EU banning the export of Covid vaccines to make sure the continent gets supplies for its own citizens, deepening the row over AstraZeneca’s jab deliveries. Tensions are surging as world leaders argue over millions of doses of the Oxford jab that are reportedly being … Read more
Germany is going back into lockdown with all non-essential shops closed over Easter and church services moved online as Chancellor Angela Merkel warned last night: ‘We are in a new pandemic’. New nationwide measures will come into force on April 1 – just weeks after some restrictions were eased – and end on April 5, … Read more
Colleague of Angela Merkel, 53, collapses and dies next to her husband on a flight from Cuba to Germany Karin Strenz, 53, was pronounced dead at hospital after collapsing on a flight The plane made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, at 7:30am Strenz was under investigation over alleged money transfers from Azerbaijan By … Read more
Angela Merkel EXTENDS Germany’s Covid restrictions into next month despite mass anti-lockdown protests and her party’s election drubbing Thousands of lockdown protesters rallied in cities across Europe this weekend Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is keen to go ahead with extension Internal memo said rising infection rates could be curbed with the extension By Isabella Nikolic … Read more
Former Crimewatch editor Lady Angela Neuberger, whose husband Baron David Neuberger ruled on the case of Britain’s exit of the EU, ‘simply did not see’ another car she pulled out in front of An ex-Crimewatch editor and titled wife of a former Supreme Court judge caused a crash on a country road – leaving a … Read more
Kerry Katona has revealed that her beloved aunt Angela passed away following a gruelling battle with addiction. On Friday, the devastated star, 40, told her Instagram followers that she and her family were ‘absolutely heartbroken’, as she snaps from happier times. And the singer returned to social media on Saturday, as she shared an image … Read more
Kerry Katona revealed on Friday that her her beloved aunt Angela has passed away. The devastated star, 40, told her Instagram followers that she and her family are ‘absolutely heartbroken’, as she shared star-studded snaps from happier times. She wrote: ‘My crazy, beautiful Aunty (more my sister) sadly passed away yesterday! We’re all absolutely heartbroken! … Read more
Angela Merkel has said she will have the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after lifting her government’s ban in a stunning U-turn. The German Chancellor is among several European leaders to have resumed AstraZeneca inoculations after suspending them for fear they caused blood clots. European regulators have insisted the vaccine is safe and that the tiny handful of … Read more