Gerhard Schroder

From Berlusconi to Maduro, foreign politicians at Erdoğan’s inauguration

More than 50 foreign leaders, including Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev and Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, as well as a number of former prime ministers, like Germany’s Gerhard Schröder and Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi, attended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s inauguration ceremony in Ankara on July 9. Click through for their photos...

The Macron plan matters for Turkey

Looking for a reason why the eurozone was so ineffective in combatting its economic problems? Look at the French inaction in dealing with problems of its own. The country has been lagging behind economically, socially and politically for the past decade, while Germany ploughed ahead to be leader of Europe.

Merkel: fairer distribution of migrants necessary

As the influx of thousands of refugees and irregular immigrants to Greece continues at an alarmingly increasing rate, with estimates putting the number of third country nationals on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos at 11,000, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a fairer distribution of migrants across EU countries.