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America won't let China play the role of benefactor

May 10, 2021 • 12:00 AM

Angela Merkel did not even try to mask her recent disagreement with the U.S. government: "I believe that we need the creativity and innovative power of companies." This includes patent protection. Suspending it is not the solution to making vaccines available to more people, she said after an EU summit in Porto. The problem, she said, is not "that someone is sitting on their patent." It's about producing high-quality vaccine, she said. The German chancellor thus turned against a move by...

President Vladimir Putin is still playing games

April 22, 2021 • 12:00 AM

Vladimir Putin is becoming a real enigma with each additional year of his already lavish term in office (21 years). The Russian president seems increasingly distant, withdrawn, inaccessible. At the same time, the swings of his system are becoming less and less predictable. Many years ago, Putin said goodbye to his past as a head of state who was open to the market and turned toward the West. Now he seems to be completely caught in the autocratic dilemma that sooner or later afflicts all...

Laschet, not Söder, CDU candidate for Chancellor

April 20, 2021 • 12:00 AM

Following his selection as candidate for chancellor, Armin Laschet calls on the CDU/CSU to unite in the election campaign. "The CDU will not win the election without the CSU - and vice versa," the CDU chairman said in a press conference early this afternoon. He said it was important for the Union to "go into the election as a team." His opponent, CSU leader Markus Söder, had withdrawn his candidacy at midday and pledged his support to Laschet. The latter thanked him for the "good, fair handling...

Controversial Indian Farm Bills Explained

December 11, 2020 • 12:00 AM

In light of the increasingly destabilising protests by farmers in India, theConsulate General of India in Munich, has released an FAQ to help people understand the situation. The following is reprinted from an English translation of the German text, emailed to The Eye Newspapers. Q1.Why are the farmers protesting in India? The farmers' protests relate to two new laws passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020: (i) the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act...

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