Americans who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to visit the EU this summer, president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has vowed.
'Concrete consequences' will follow for EU and UK citizens as Britain does away with freedom of movement, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has warned.
The incoming head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Tuesday urged the EU to play a more active role on foreign policy, saying she wanted to see a "more outward-looking" bloc.
The nomination of German Defence Minister
Ursula von der Leyen as new European Commission chief has sparked fresh
tensions within Chancellor Angela Merkel's fragile coalition.
Germany's Ursula von der Leyen, freshly nominated to head the European Commission, is a loyal confidante of Chancellor Angela Merkel, most recently serving in the tough post of defence minister.
Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen informed the country of "repulsive" sexual exploitation at an army barracks in February. But an investigation by prosecutors found she spoke to soon.
The German Defence Minister was in Saudi Arabia on Thursday aiming to conclude a training deal for Saudi military officers, eliciting sharp criticism from German left-leaning parties.
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen sent a warning to US president-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, saying he needed to show loyalty to the NATO alliance.
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has defended claims on her CV of stints at Stanford University, after a report that the prestigious US institution called them into question.
Germany's Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has fiercely rejected allegations made on Saturday in media reports that she plagiarised portions of her doctoral thesis, a charge that has already brought down other high-level German leaders.
UPDATE: Germany's government on Wednesday approved increasing the number of soldiers sent to crisis-torn Mali and extending the withdrawal date for troops in Afghanistan by another ten months.
A plan to force all Germany's self-employed people to set up a pension has been torpedoed by a parliamentary committee, after a protest petition attracted 80,000 signatures.
German Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen has warned that millions of workers face a bigger risk of ending up with inadequate pensions than previously thought.
The 25,000 ex-employees of insolvent German drug store chain Schlecker could be offered training to fill gaps in Germany's workforce – such as in kindergartens or care homes - the labour minister said on Thursday.
Labor Minister Ursula von der Leyen said Monday she approves of Development Minister Dirk Niebel's plan to introduce commissions to decide a minimum wage.
Germans face a growing risk of living out their old age in poverty as low-earners fail to set aside enough for their retirement, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has warned.
Germany's top companies pledged Wednesday to publish new targets for placing more women in their boardrooms but resisted fresh calls for legal quotas to rectify a wide gender gap.
Government and opposition officials failed to agree on changes to Germany’s Hartz IV welfare benefits after nearly 10 hours of negotiations overnight, shrinking chances that the upper house of parliament will vote on the reforms this week.
German Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday defended her proposed changes to the country’s Hartz IV welfare benefits against criticism from the opposition, which has said the plans are still too vague.
German Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen is planning corrections to the unemployment benefit known as Hartz IV that will have far-reaching consequences for the long-term unemployed.
