Germany and Europe should continue on the path of expanding low-carbon energies during the second presidency of Donald Trump, a climate change sceptic, outgoing German vice chancellor Robert Habeck said on Tuesday.

Economy Minister Habeck slams Trump’s decision, calling it ‘beginning of a historical failure’ undermining efforts to curb global warming - Anadolu Ajansı

German and French leaders Olaf Scholz and Emmanual Macron will hold bilateral talks. Topics are likely to include the new Trump administration, war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next Wednesday, two days after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president, Berlin said.

The defense ministers of five countries - Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Italy - will hold their next meeting in Paris in March. — Ukrinform.

Germany's Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck emphasizes sticking to green energy growth plans as a strategic response to Trump's withdrawal from the Paris climate accord. Amid a challenging electoral climate,

Paris and Berlin are currently at odds on several files including trade agreements and what approach to take on China.

Various European leaders reacted to President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement saying that they will stick to the landmark Paris climate agreement even though the United States has withdrawn from it.

Germany remains "committed" to the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO) despite the planned US withdrawal under President Donald Trump, a government spokeswoman said in Berlin on Wednesday.

Meeting with French President Macron in Paris, Chancellor Scholz says Europeans will not ‘duck and hide’, but will strive to be a ‘self-confident partner’ for United States - Anadolu Ajansı

German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for more oil and gas exports, saying it was "good for Europe and Germany," German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Sunday.

But not all of the leading conservative populist parties in the world are the same — in rhetoric or on policy.