And, if Italy goes, they will have to dig deep.The average German doesn't want this. In fact, Angela Merkel got the...
Mr Hollande wants money pumped into economies to encourage growth. Ms Merkel wants to keep the purse strings tightly...
...are issues in there with which we don't agree," said Mr Kenny."Obviously in the context of changes with the corporation...
Many in Greece pin their hopes on newly elected French President Francois Hollande, who campaigned on a pro-growth...
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This is propaganda." He added that he would be open to debating easing terms of the €174bn bailout, including extending dates to meet fiscal and economic reform by one year. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, said that "of course Greece can make it". Full Article at The Independent
The Socialist Hollande jetted to Berlin only hours after being sworn in to meet Merkel, a conservative, for the first time, arriving over an hour late after his plane was hit by lightning and he was forced to return briefly to Paris. The meeting was... Full Article at China Post
In today's febrile world of finance, it's a lifetime. Europe's leaders may soon learn that lesson the hard way, if they continue to dodge the question on everyone's lips: What to do if Greece is pushed out of the eurozone? No stranger to unfortunate... Full Article at CNN
Such a thought has been intolerable for European leaders, for whom the single currency has a messianic significance. As Angela Merkel told the Bundestag in May 2010, “the euro is much more than a currency. The currency union is a community of fate. ... Full Article at The Telegraph
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attempted to quell some fears by saying the euro zone was committed to keeping Greece in the currency union, but news the European Central Bank had stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks as recapitalization... Full Article at International Business Times
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talks to new French President Francois Hollande in Berlin. President Barack Obama will play host this weekend to an extraordinary... Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
(AP Photo/Carl Court, File) — AP FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talks to new French President Francois Hollande in Berlin. President Barack Obama will play host this weekend to an extraordinary confluence... Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune
SIEGEL: Just finally and very briefly from each of you, is it an absolute for both Francois Holland and Angela Merkel, Josef Joffe, that the euro - that the idea of the common European currency must continue? And that the euro, however flawed it may... Full Article at Hoover Institution
YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose in a volatile session on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 index on course to snap a three-day losing streak despite concerns about Europe that have investors on edge. German Chancellor Angela Merkel helped to allay some... Full Article at Sify
Angela Merkel sacked Environment Minister Norbert Rttgen on Wednesday, replacing him with herclose aide Peter Altmaier. Rttgen, a former protege of the chancellor,lost a major election for Merkel's conservative party on Sunday. Meet the most eligible... Full Article at Expatica
Angela Merkel said the aid to Afghanistan was a reflection of Germany's long-term commitment to the country, Xinhua reported. "Afghanistan's fate is close to our heart," Merkel said, adding the pledge of long-term aid marked a "milestone" in the two... Full Article at New Kerala
Syriza, which wants to renegotiate Greece's international bailout, is tipped to come first in new elections to be held June 17 by the troubled eurozone member. The bloc's leader Alexis Tsipras told the BBC that if the "disease of austerity destroys... Full Article at EUbusiness
YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks pared gains in a volatile session on Wednesday as new questions arose about Greece's political and economic future. Some fears were allayed after comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested the euro zone was... Full Article at Sify
It's not about party politics, but about Greece's future in Europe and the euro. 17.42 In 18 minutes Panagiotis Pikramenos will be sworn in as the caretaker PM in Greece. Just five weeks later he'll be replaced as the country holds a second election.... Full Article at The Telegraph
May 16: Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule in 2014 as part of an agreement signed by both countries Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel... Full Article at India Talkies
Greece forms an emergency caretaker government ahead of another round of parliamentary elections, the man who is expected to gain the most votes in that poll has attacked the European Union and in particular German Chancellor Angela Merkel for forcing... Full Article at International Business Times
Michael Riddell, a bond fund manager at M&G, said: 'It's very worrying, what you are seeing is a slow motion bank run'. Fears of a Greek exit from the eurozone were allayed as French president François Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel said... Full Article at Citywire.co.uk
(STEFAN SAUER/Courtesy) BERLIN, Germany — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her cabinet have awarded themselves a pay rise. It is the first time the cabinet's salaries have increased in 12 years, according to the Deutsche Press Agentur. They will see... Full Article at Global Post
Merkel dumped Norbert Roettgen after her Christian Democratic Union — with the minister as its candidate for governor — slumped Sunday to its worst state election showing since World War II in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state. Mario... Full Article at Toronto Star
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday her environment minister had been dismissed, three days after he led her conservatives to an historic defeat in a regional election. She said at a hastily arranged news conference that she had spoken to President... Full Article at Expatica
Angela Dorothea Merkel, German: [aŋˈɡeːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ( listen); née Kasner (born 17 July 1954) is the Chancellor of Germany and Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany. Full Article At Wikipedia.org
I agree with Mr. Draghi, spending alone is not going to solve our growth problems here. We need structural reforms, we need labor market reforms.
Mr. Sarkozy has had contentious but valuable relationships with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, a fellow conservative, on European and euro zone issues; with the British on defense issues, including the Libyan war; and with President Obama on issues involving Iran and Israel, NATO and Russia
One thing is certain ... Those who do not have access to enough natural resources will be unable to develop new products.
By kicking Sarkozy out, not only will we get rid of a man who made our lives miserable, not only will we feel happier and will we improve our conditions of life, but more than anything else, we will break in the old continent, the Merk-ozy [Angela Merkel and Sarkozy] axis, the heart of Europe's austerit...
In some ways they can spur on other parties
Chancellor Angela Merkel opened her campaign to win back Germany’s most populous state in May 13 elections by appealing to voters to endorse her message of austerity as the prime means to tackle Europe’s debt crisis. It’s partly about still being able to shape our own future
There will be no new negotiations on the fiscal pact
Even the traditionally hard-line International Monetary Fund called on Tuesday for stronger European nations to ease the fiscal brakes by stretching out budget cuts over a longer period. But if that message was intended foremost for Germany, it seemed destined to fall on deaf ears: with two state electi...
They are an interesting appearance. And we don't know yet how that will develop
Germany is proposing to levy extra taxes on the young to pay for the costs of the country’s growing numbers of old people. ... Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats have drafted proposals that, if law, would require all those over 25 to pay a proportion of their income to cushion Germany against a looming...
We have already sent doctors to examine her health
Political leaders across Europe have begun to push back against the campaign of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany to put the continent’s economies into a straitjacket of unrelenting fiscal austerity. It is about time. Two years of insisting that weak economies carry out tax increases and spending cuts...
I can imagine that we further strengthen the capabilities of the European Investment Bank (EIB)
For Chancellor Angela Merkel, this is about the stability of her cabinet, the prospects for the federal election in 2013 and for vice-chancellor Philipp Roesler, it's about nothing less than his political survival
The deal is not up for renewed negotiation
For Chancellor Angela Merkel, this is about the stability of her cabinet and the prospects for the federal election in 2013 ... For vice-chancellor Philipp Rösler, it's about nothing less than his political survival.
The fiscal pact has been negotiated, it has been signed by 25 government leaders, and has already been ratified by Portugal and Greece. Parliaments all over Europe are about to pass it. Ireland has a referendum on it at the end of May. It cannot be negotiated anew
Angela Merkel said Germany needs many, many engineers, especially from Spain ... For me, it's perfect if they come. More new people, more Spanish girls.
The subject of growth, which many are calling for, has long been our second policy pillar alongside solid finances
He (Necas) did not add his signature on the fiscal pact mainly out of fear of President Klaus. He has namely clearly said he will never sign such a product of the Merkozy (combination of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy) kitchen
We need growth in the form of sustainable initiatives not stimulus programmes which would increase debts, but growth in the form of structural reform.
We're not saying that saving solves all problems
It must be prevented that a country like Germany with a large output can no longer realize its research possibilities, innovation, creativity and even precision, because there is a lack of access to raw materials
Derivatives trading must be regulated to dampen price volatility and not support it
Sustainable fiscal policy ... is a necessary but not sufficient method of overcoming the crisis because we also need growth
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Angela Merkel and Ireland: GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet yesterday approved measures to bolster the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), which is helping to bankroll Ireland, but the chancellor faces an uphill battle to convince sceptics in her own party to back further efforts to contain the crisis.
Angela Merkel and Brussels: In a symbolic gesture after reports of a poisonous break-down in Franco-German relations, President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel held a joint press conference in Brussels.
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