Showing posts with label Justin Huggler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Justin Huggler. Show all posts

Monday, June 8, 2015

Why Is Barack Obama Drinking Beer At 11am?

Reuters
By Justin Huggler, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Jun. 7, 2015, The Telegraph

Angela Merkel welcomed Barack Obama to the G7 summit with a traditional Bavarian breakfast on Sunday – complete with a half-litre of beer.

President Obama had just flown across the Atlantic to meet Mrs Merkel, David Cameron and the other G7 leaders at an exclusive spa resort in the Alps.

But before he could get down to business, Mrs Merkel treated him to a full Bavarian breakfast of white sausages, pretzels and foaming lager.

Eleven in the morning might be considered a little early for a beer in some parts of the world, but in Bavaria breakfast is not complete without a weissbier, as the local wheat beer is called.

It’s not quite as hard-drinking as it sounds: Bavarians don’t down a quick pint before heading to the office every morning.


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Saturday, December 6, 2014

German Far-Left Party Takes State Parliament

Justin Huggler, Dec. 4, 2014, The Telegraph

The Left Party, widely seen as the successor to the Socialist Unity Party (SED) that once ruled East Germany, will head the government of Thuringia after the state parliament narrowly voted to approve a new coalition.

The new state prime minister, Bodo Ramelow, used his first speech in parliament to apologise to victims of the former communist regime, and said he wanted to "reconcile rather than divide".

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