German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, made a quick trip to Rome yesterday for a private meeting with Pope Francis, focusing on how Europe’s struggling economy should be at the service of the people
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, flying high in polls, pulled further ahead of her embattled main rival Friday as he saw his popularity crumble eight months before general elections.Peer Steinbrueck, who heads the opposition
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The German chancellor has said the country is to dispose of its nuclear waste within its own borders. The announcement came after her environment minister denied a report that the government planned to export
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In the customary New Year's address to the nation, Chancellor Angela Merkel called for courage and togetherness in the year ahead.Merkel told Germany that she will repress Europe's biggest financial markets and fight to strengthen the
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German-Russian relations do not qualify as a strategic or modernization partnership. The relations have turned from closeness and cordiality to disillusionment and disappointment. We saw ample evidence of this last week at the 12th annual round of the German-Russian civil society forum, or the Petersburg Dialogue, and the 14th round of inter-governmental consultations held simultaneously in Moscow.
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Governments in the eurozone are still holding to the line that there can be no question of restructuring Greek debt again, since this would mean losses and costs for their taxpayers and would increase political tensions.Germany's
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Exactly one year ago, the EU agreed to several extreme measures to combat the ongoing economic crisis, to mixed results. But despite its unique economic distress, Greece shows no sign of cutting back its considerable military budget.
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Tens of thousands of Greek protesters welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to their country Oct. 9 with Nazi uniforms, Hitler salutes and swastika flags, lamenting her new austerity measures amid their floundering economy.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said euro zone rescue funds cannot recapitalize any bank until a euro zone banking supervisor is fully operational late next year. however France backs a retroactive
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A parliamentary investigative committee has questioned German Chancellor Angela Merkel about her role in planning the Gorleben storage facility for nuclear waste. Merkel was the country's Environment Minister from 1994 to 1998.
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Germany is not only focused on reducing debt and deficits but is also trying to boost domestic consumption to help tackle the euro crisis
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is supposed to be the key player in resolving the euro crisis, The Federal Constitutional Court gave the green light on Wednesday to the 500 billion euro fund
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German media said on Thursday the country's top court had cast doubt on the legality of European Central Bank bond-buying in a ruling upholding the euro zone's bailout fund widely seen as political victory for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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European Union officials are asking national governments to give up control of their banks as they try to pull the region closer together to solve its crippling financial crisis.
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ECB allows President Draghi unlimited purchases of sovereign bonds of the Eurozone countries in financial distress. Only one dissenting vote, that of the BundesBank, very critical especially on the limitlessness of the interventions put at risk by the possible rejection of the Germany Constitutional Court. Attention to the Beagle Boys !
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her support for the European Central Bank's plan to buy sovereign bonds under strict political conditions.
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Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras has been told during a visit to Berlin by his German counterpart Wolfgang Schäuble that Greece must stay the course in implementing its fiscal reforms.
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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is eager to make an impression, and duly pledged to do his utmost to win back Europe's trust. Fed up with Greece's repeated failure to reform, European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande bluntly warned Samaras that the country would get no further aid,
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Germany's Angela Merkel makes her second trip to China in half a year this week, hoping to strengthen booming trade ties and obtain assurances from Beijing that it will support the fragile euro zone by buying the bonds of its stricken southern members
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday warned that "every day" counts in efforts by debt-wracked Greece to comply with its commitments and safeguard its eurozone membership.
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A slew of data next week will show how badly Germany has been scarred by the euro zone crisis as its companies fear for key European export markets and the only vital support comes from consumers. The eurozone crisis returns with a vengeance
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Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande presented a united front towards Greece on Thursday, telling Athens it should not expect leeway on its bailout agreement unless it sticks to tough reform targets. German Chancellor announced that Europe has made dramatic progress in dealing with the continent's financial crisis.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday dismissed the chances of agreeing on changes to Greece's bailout package during upcoming talks with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Greece is seeking to extend the terms of a previously-agreed bailout deal by two years until 2016 to avoid further measures that could fuel popular unrest
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Germany's Economy Minister is urging Greece to forge ahead with austerity measures demanded as part of the country's bailout, saying they are not up for negotiation.
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Whilst the Coalition continues to maintain that its policies are sustaining the economy, but our GDP tumbles, this is the time to examine this inherent contradiction between claims and performance.
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The European debt crisis is the shorthand term for Europe’s struggle to pay the debts it has built up in recent decades. Five of the region’s countries – Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain – have, to varying degrees, failed to generate enough economic growth to make their ability to pay back bondholders the guarantee it was intended to be.
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German exports dropped more than economists forecast in June as the sovereign debt crisis curbed demand from euro-area trading partners.
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More than half of Germans are pessimistic about the economy but support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives is holding firm, thanks partly to their tough stance on the euro zone, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday.
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When Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, announced the appointment of Jens Weidmann, her economic adviser, to be president of the Bundesbank in February 2011, the shock through the German establishment was palpable.
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Only one third of Germans still believe Angela Merkel is making the right decisions over the euro zone debt crisis. Germany, the biggest contributor to euro zone rescue funds, is maneuvering for others to do their "homework"
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