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        <title><![CDATA[Birgit Jennen]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Scholz: Germany Won’t Delay Path to Climate Neutrality by 2045]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rainer Buergin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2022 17:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Olaf Scholz speaks at the SPD Debate Convention in Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 5.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Xi Tells Scholz China Opposes Nuclear Force in Message to Putin]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 01:43:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany’s Solo Trip to Beijing Exposes Europe’s Dilemma on China]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Chancellor Scholz brings a high-profile delegation on his first state visit to Beijing and faces a delicate balancing act.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Choong Wilkins]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2022 04:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Olaf Scholz’s trip demonstrates that Germany views China as a key international player. Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Scholz Reaches Deal With German States on Sharing Energy-Aid Cost]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Birgit Jennen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 18:33:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Olaf Scholz, Germany&apos;s chancellor, speaks during a joint news conference with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece&apos;s prime minister, at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Greece is planning to send the German tanks it receives as part of a military deal to support Ukraine close to its border with Turkey.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[France and Germany Are Hatching a Plan to Protect Europe’s E-Vehicle Makers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ania Nussbaum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:35:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Employees wearing protective masks against the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, work along the assembly line that produces both the electric vehicle Renault Zoe and the hybrid vehicle Nissan Micra, at Flins-sur-Seine, the largest Renault production site in France on May 6, 2020. - To reopen following the March 17th lockdown across France, the factory has had to enforce all the safety measure required to reduce any spread of COVID-19 at the assembly plant, with workers having to wear protective masks and gloves and diving the assembly line into individual parts to spot any person-to-person contamination. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz Seek a Reset After Lingering Tensions]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ania Nussbaum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 09:35:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Scholz Tries to Quell Dispute Over Port Deal with China’s Cosco]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-21/scholz-tries-to-quell-dispute-over-port-deal-with-china-s-cosco</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Arne Delfs]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Weighs Reviving EU Trade Talks With US, Magazine Reports]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Birgit Jennen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Olaf Scholz, Germany&apos;s chancellor, during a news conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Scholz and Abbas were speaking following their bi-lateral meeting in the German capital.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Faces Dilemma of Owning Russian Assets in Uniper Buyout]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Dezem]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:06:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Secures Just One Tanker of Gas During Scholz’s Gulf Tour]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Birgit Jennen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:32:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Delegates pass the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) display during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition &amp; Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. OPEC’s secretary-general, energy ministers from Saudi Arabia to Russia, CEOs at oil majors from Total SA, BP Plc and Eni SpA, and officials from Middle Eastern energy giants such as Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc have gathered to sign deals and discuss oil, gas, refining and petrochemical issues. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany’s Scholz in Saudi Arabia as Gas Crunch Bites Economy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Birgit Jennen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2022 15:46:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Olaf Scholz, Germany&apos;s chancellor, arrives to review an honor guard at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. Scholz’s coalition agreed on a relief plan worth about 65 billion euros ($65 billion) to help millions of households struggling with soaring prices amid Europe’s harshest energy crunch in decades.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[German Firms to Sign LNG Deals During Scholz’s Middle East Trip]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Birgit Jennen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Takes Aim at Cost of Living Crisis in €65 Billion Plan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven Arons]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:11:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Edges Closer to Using Nuclear to Plug Russian Gas Gap]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Dezem]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 13:26:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Reaches Deal With Uniper, RWE on Floating LNG Plants]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa Dezem]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:33:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>01 March 2022, Schleswig-Holstein, Brunsbüttel: Construction work is being carried out on the lock island in Brunsbüttel. The port on the North Sea is under discussion as a site for a new LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal. (Aerial photo with drone) Photo: Frank Molter/dpa (Photo by Frank Molter/picture alliance via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Gives Itself Option to Tighten Grip Over Ex-Gazprom Arm]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Birgit Jennen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 08:17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany ‘Sharpens Tools’ in Gas Crisis as Bailout Talks Continue]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Arne Delfs]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Germany Weighs How Much Consumers Will Shoulder Uniper Rescue]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Birgit Jennen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Chimneys and a cooling tower emit vapor at the Scholven coal-fired power plant, operated by Uniper SE, beyond housing in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Saturday, May 21, 2022. S&amp;P Global Ratings last week downgraded Uniper to the lowest investment grade level, a move that could prompt lenders to restrict access to credit and peers to demand more collateral to back trades.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uniper in Bailout Talks to Plug $9.4 Billion Hole; Shares Jump]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Birgit Jennen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2022 16:51:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Scholz Targets Turnaround After Stumbling Start as German Leader]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The G-7 summit in the Bavarian Alps offers the chancellor a prime opportunity to counter critics who see him as out of his depth.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-26/germany-s-scholz-aims-to-start-reviving-his-image-at-the-g-7-summit</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Nienaber]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2022 05:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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