Joachim Gauck
Germany elects 'anti-Trump' Steinmeier as new president
Billed as Germany's "anti-Trump", center-left former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected on Feb. 12 as the new ceremonial head of state.
The 61-year-old, who regularly polls as Germany's most popular politician, will represent the EU's top economy abroad and act as a kind of moral arbiter for the nation.
Bulgaria Needs Access to Schengen Database - President
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has said his country needs access to the Schengen information system to bolster border protection.
Visiting Berlin, Radev has told counterpart Joachim Gauck his country counts on Germany to support it on its way to joining the Schengen area without border control.
Bulgaria's President Leading Delegation to Germany
President Rumen Radev is set to meet counterpart Joachim Gauck while on a one-day visit to Germany, his press office says.
Two caretaker ministers, Radi Naydenov (Foreign Affairs) and Teodor Sedlarski (Economy) will be accompanying him.
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Former German president Roman Herzog dies aged 82
Roman Herzog, who as German president was a powerful advocate of economic reforms in the 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall, has died, the president's office said on Jan. 10. He was 82.
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Germany's President: European Integration Must Be Halted Temporarily
The integration of European countries within the framework of the European Union must be halted temporarily. The EU needs to make a pause and think about future ways of development based on new principles, stated the Federal President of Germany Joachim Gauck.
German President urges pause in EU integration
BELGRADE - German President Joachim Gauck has urged for a "pause" in EU integration to allow all members to discuss "what they want to achieve at what pace," lest people forget the dangers of populism and why Donald Trump won the US presidency.
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"Not unethical" to limit migrant influx - German president
German President Joachim Gauck says it is "morally and politically necessary" to limit the influx of refugees into Europe.
“If democrats do not want to talk about limitations then populists and xenophobes will," he said in Davos on Wednesday.
President Pavlopoulos to meet with Chancellor Merkel and Draghi
The President of Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, will visit Berlin on Monday after receiving an by his German counterpart Joachim Gauck.
During his two-day visit, Mr. Pavlopoulos will meet with Mr. Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
German president Gauck: Cannot image Eurozone without Greece
A personal Tweet by one of three reporters that interviewed German Federal President Joachim Gauck for ZDF television, the journalist noted that the latter said he “cannot imagine a Eurozone without Greece”.
The interview is scheduled to appear on Sunday evening in Germany.
British queen says must guard against division in Europe
Britain's Queen Elizabeth urged Europe on June 24 to guard against division in the continent, at a state banquet in Berlin where Germany's president declared: "the European Union needs Great Britain".