About: Steffen Seibert

German government denies deceit in NSA scandal
Chancellor Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert rejected accusations of a govenment cover-up in the mushrooming NSA scandal. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Berlin to finally call 1915 slaughter of Armenians ‘genocide’
Berlin has long resisted using the term “genocide” to describe the massacre of 1 million Armenians in 1915 but now the Chancellor and her coalition government have given in to pressure from Bundestag MPs in their own ranks. EURACTIV Germany reports.![Despite predictions that German Commissioner Günther Oettinger would win the coveted trade portfolio, President-elect Juncker put the former Energy Commissioner in charge of the digital agenda. Brussels, 2014 [EC]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/p026201000601-495505.jpeg)