With the Berlin Process, the German government is supporting the efforts of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to end the conflict in Libya and bring peace to the country. In dialogue with international actors who hold sway over the parties to the conflict, the framework is to be put in place for an inner-Libyan political process. Chancellor Angela Merkel is now set to host a high-ranking Conference on Libya in Berlin.
"Germany will be a constructive partner"
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The priority is to protect German troops
Germany’s federal government and the four federal states in which lignite is mined have agreed at a meeting in the Federal Chancellery to a way forward to phasing out coal-fired power stations in Germany. This could make it possible to complete the phase-out three years earlier than originally planned, by 2035. Federal government is to provide 40 billion euros to support the federal states affected. Here is a round-up of what else was agreed:
In 2019 the German economy grew again for the tenth consecutive year. The Federal Statistical Office has just published the figures. The rate of growth slowed somewhat, at 0.6 per cent, compared to 2.5 per cent in 2017 and 1.5 per cent in 2018.
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Following their election victory, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party reaffirmed their determination to take the UK out of the EU on 31 January 2020. The Withdrawal Agreement is now at the ratification stage, both in the UK and in the European Union.
